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Using Paging 3 library to consume large data set over the network

Jetpack paging library introduces a hassle-free way to implement pagination for a large set of data. Paging 3 is the latest iteration of the library and a few months ago it released the stable version. In this article, we will look into how to use this library to consume large data set over REST API. This project is build using MVVM architecture. For network call integration I’m using Retrofit with Moshi.

In MVVM architecture each layer has different responsibilities. Paging 3 library has different components which align with these architecture layers. Take a look at the below diagram.

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