Okhttp and Jackson parser for downloading json data in Android

1. Include the dependencies for okhttp and jackson parser.

compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.5.0'
compile 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp-urlconnection:3.5.0'

compile(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-core', version: "2.8.+")
compile(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-annotations', version: "2.8.+")
compile(group: 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core', name: 'jackson-databind', version: "2.8.+")

2. The example activity class demonstrating the use of okhttp for downloading json data from an url and using jackson to parse it into objects.

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    TextView tvDisplay;
    FloatingActionButton fab;
    Handler mHandler;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);


        mHandler = new Handler();

        tvDisplay = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tv_display);
        fab = (FloatingActionButton) findViewById(R.id.fab);
        fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View view) {
                tvDisplay.setText("");
                okhttpExample();
                fab.setClickable(false);
            }
        });
    }

    private void okhttpExample() {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();
        HttpUrl.Builder urlBuilder = HttpUrl.parse("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/posts").newBuilder();
        String url = urlBuilder.build().toString();
        Request request = new Request.Builder()
                .url(url)
                .build();


        client.newCall(request).enqueue(new Callback() {
            @Override
            public void onFailure(Call call, IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            @Override
            public void onResponse(Call call, final Response response) throws IOException {
                fab.setClickable(true);
                if (!response.isSuccessful()) {
                    throw new IOException("Unexpected code " + response);
                } else {
                    final byte[] responseBytes = response.body().bytes();
                    ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
                    final Post[] posts = objectMapper.readValue(responseBytes, Post[].class);

                    //using handler to post the result back to the UI thread
                    mHandler.post(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
                            for(Post p : posts) {
                                sb.append(p.toString() + "\n\n");
                            }
                            tvDisplay.setText(sb.toString());
                        }
                    });
                }
            }
        });
    }

}

3. The Post model class with the Jackson annotations.

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnyGetter;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonAnySetter;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;

import java.util.Map;
@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
public class Post {

    @JsonProperty("userId")
    private Integer userId;
    @JsonProperty("id")
    private Integer id;
    @JsonProperty("title")
    private String title;
    @JsonProperty("body")
    private String body;

    @JsonProperty("userId")
    public Integer getUserId() {
        return userId;
    }

    @JsonProperty("userId")
    public void setUserId(Integer userId) {
        this.userId = userId;
    }

    @JsonProperty("id")
    public Integer getId() {
        return id;
    }

    @JsonProperty("id")
    public void setId(Integer id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    @JsonProperty("title")
    public String getTitle() {
        return title;
    }

    @JsonProperty("title")
    public void setTitle(String title) {
        this.title = title;
    }

    @JsonProperty("body")
    public String getBody() {
        return body;
    }

    @JsonProperty("body")
    public void setBody(String body) {
        this.body = body;
    }

    @Override
    public String toString() {
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        sb.append("userId: " + this.userId + ", ");
        sb.append("id: " + this.id + ", ");
        sb.append("title: " + this.title + ", ");
        sb.append("body: " + this.body);
        return sb.toString();
    }
}

The sample data from the server.

[
  {
    "userId": 1,
    "id": 1,
    "title": "sunt aut facere repellat provident occaecati excepturi optio reprehenderit",
    "body": "quia et suscipit\nsuscipit recusandae consequuntur expedita et cum\nreprehenderit molestiae ut ut quas totam\nnostrum rerum est autem sunt rem eveniet architecto"
  },
  {
    "userId": 1,
    "id": 2,
    "title": "qui est esse",
    "body": "est rerum tempore vitae\nsequi sint nihil reprehenderit dolor beatae ea dolores neque\nfugiat blanditiis voluptate porro vel nihil molestiae ut reiciendis\nqui aperiam non debitis possimus qui neque nisi nulla"
  },
  {
    "userId": 1,
    "id": 3,
    "title": "ea molestias quasi exercitationem repellat qui ipsa sit aut",
    "body": "et iusto sed quo iure\nvoluptatem occaecati omnis eligendi aut ad\nvoluptatem doloribus vel accusantium quis pariatur\nmolestiae porro eius odio et labore et velit aut"
  }
]

The layout files for the Activity.
activity_main.xml

content_main.xml

Complete example in Github