How to connect to a MySQL Database from an Android App?

Question

I would like to connect to a MySQL Database hosted on the same server with a Tomcat Server from my Android App without using PHP. Is there any way to do this? I found some s

Answer 1

It should be common sense, that directly communicating with databases over the web is a "no go" security wise and with mobile devices a pain regarding the connectivity.

Setup a webservice with JSP or Grails (which I find comes with less workload) and deploy it to your tomcat server.

Hence the thought, you already have a Tomcat running, one assumes you have a java web app running. Try adding a webservice to that app or look in the documentation, if there already is one.