How to use JAXB with Retrofit instead of SimpleXml

Question

According to the 2.4.0 update of Retrofit:

New: Converter for JAXB replaces the now-deprecated converter for Simple XML Framework.

I haven't found a single tutorial on how to implement this to replace my simple xml annotated pojos.

Can anyone share a quick guide on how to transition from simplexml to jaxb?

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 14 '18 at 19:48

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I have been googling for this today, and eventually ended up on the retrofit JAXB Github page, where they politely tell us that JAXB does not work on Android:

Note that JAXB does not work on Android.

Then I found this answer, where they provide a workaround for this problem.

Please note that I have not tested this myself as I am in a similar situation as you. Trying to figure it all out when I stumbled upon your question. Hope this helps! :)

answered Apr 14 '18 at 19:48

Abby

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if you do work on it please update the answer accordingly to mark it as correct for others (i stayed on simplexml as i noticed how huge jaxb is when i decompiled it) – usernotnull Apr 15 '18 at 06:22
I work on android and in gradle I added implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-jaxb:latest.version' – Black_Zerg Oct 30 '18 at 14:23

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '20 at 07:09

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You can add like this

Add the dependency in the app-level Gradle.

implementation 'com.squareup.retrofit2:retrofit:2.7.2' (Latest version)

 Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
                    .baseUrl(BuildConfig.BASE_URL)
                    .addConverterFactory(JaxbConverterFactory.create())
                    .client(httpClient.build())
                    .build();

But this will not work with your existing SimpleXmlFactory

answered Mar 05 '20 at 07:09

Saurabh Srivastava

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JaxbConverterFactory is not to be found in the sub package of: import retrofit2.converter.* : I am using version 2.9.0 – Abhinav Saxena Aug 23 '21 at 07:44
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implementation "com.squareup.retrofit2:converter-jaxb:2.7.2" – alijunior Jan 09 '22 at 21:01

How to use JAXB with Retrofit instead of SimpleXml

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