Implementing API in my app (android)

Implementing API in my app (android)

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Posted by: Whiz.2793

Whiz.2793

Hey everyone,

my application called ‘Guild Wars 2 Legendary Crafter’ has been on google play for quite a while now and it’s pretty simple. No APIs etc.

this is the app

I’ve never worked with APIs before and I decided to give it a try, but the problem is I have no idea where to start. For example, I want to implement an API in my app that will connect to TP prices and show live prices for each of these legendary weapons. The main reason I want to do this is to learn how to work with APIs, to get the concept of it. Once I get “used” to it, I’ll implement a lot more API features

So basically what I’m asking for:
- Some tips on where to start working with APIs, how to implement GW2 APIs in eclipse etc.
- Any kind of pointers that would help me a lot as a newbie

Thanks for answers in advance!

(edited by Whiz.2793)

Implementing API in my app (android)

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Posted by: jefe.2705

jefe.2705

The API (currently) doesn’t show TP prices so you’d have to use a third party API like gw2spidy

As for using the API with Eclipse, just get a JSON parser (don’t know of any for Java as I’ve never worked with it). The API is extremely easy to work with.

Implementing API in my app (android)

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Posted by: Whiz.2793

Whiz.2793

Thank you, I will look into it