Resilient Networking in Swift: Building a Retry Mechanism
Mobile devices are inherently mobile. Your users will walk into elevators, drive through tunnels, and seamlessly hop between Wi-Fi and 5G. Because of this, network requests fail—a lot. If your application instantly shows an error alert the millisecond a connection drops, you are providing a poor user experience. Instead, your app should gracefully handle transient network errors behind the scenes. This is where a Retry Mechanism comes in. Let’s explore why, when, where, and how to implement a robust retry strategy using modern Swift Concurrency. ...