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(Retrofit) Could not locate converter for class crashing app

So Retrofit 2.0.0 was recently released and theres not really any updated examples on how to use it, but im trying to implement it for a basic API call. Im getting a 

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unable to create converter for class`

caused by 

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Could not locate converter for class orbyt.app.dataclass. Tried:
* retrofit.OkHttpBodyConverterFactory

When trying to make the api call.

Solution

  • I was facing the same issue. I fixed it by adding :

    compile 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-gson:<latest-version>'

    to my build.gradle

    Then specify the converter when creating my Retrofit instance.

    Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
            .baseUrl(Constants.API_BASE_URL)
            .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
            .build();