sorry if it is a stupid question but I have little experience with development app. I'm developing a native App that make ajax call to my backend (public API) , My question is: Where I should save configuration for ajax call? For now I have create a custom static class named ConfigData and in my app I call this class like
ConfigData.apiUrl
And in my ConfigData class I have
public static String apiUrl= "www.mysite.com/public/api";
But Is there a better method?
One possible method is to use buildConfigField in you build.gradle
productFlavors {
development {
....
buildConfigField "String", "API_URL", "\"www.mysite.com/public/api\""
}
}
You can then access it via BuildConfig.API_URL in code
You can define different urls for different build flavors, staging, production etc.
If it is just simple key value set, you may save it to Shared Preference. Follow this url for details
https://developer.android.com/training/basics/data-storage/shared-preferences.html
In case, it is bit complex, you can save it to sqlite database
You can use string.xml to save backend server URLs, Please try to add separate strings for base URL and each endpoint. Like
<string name="base_url">www.mysite.com/public/api/</string>
<string name="login">login.php</string>
<string name="get_data">getData.php</string>
And you can get above strings in java file like
String url=getResources().getString(R.string.base_url)+getResources().getString(R.string.login);
