Get Data from the Internet

[ShayDeeJay]

URL of codelab: https://developer.android.com/codelabs/basic-android-kotlin-compose-getting-data-internet?continue=https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.android.com%2Fcourses%2Fpathways%2Fandroid-basics-compose-unit-5-pathway-1%23codelab-https%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.android.com%2Fcodelabs%2Fbasic-android-kotlin-compose-getting-data-internet#7

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In which task and step of the codelab can this issue be found? in the section you change the library import com.jakewharton.retrofit2.converter.kotlinx.serialization.asConverterFactory import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json import okhttp3.MediaType

private val retrofit = Retrofit.Builder() .addConverterFactory(Json.asConverterFactory("application/json".toMediaType())) .baseUrl(BASE_URL) .build()

Describe the problem in the codelab the line is as follows

".addConverterFactory(Json.asConverterFactory("application/json".toMediaType()))"

this highlights an error as this is not the correct format, this part is also not mentioned at all in the codelab.

the correct format is in the solutioncode posted.

".addConverterFactory(Json.asConverterFactory(MediaType.get("application/json")))"

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[osuleymanova]

Hello @shadyeejay,

Thank you for reaching out to us and reporting this issue. The code block is updated: