Android (Java) Simple Send and receive with Server - Fast Setup Challenge

Question

I\'m writing an Android App and I\'m looking for the fastest (In terms of setup) way for me to send data to a server and receive information back on request.

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Answer 1

private void sendData(ProfileVO pvo) {

    Log.i(getClass().getSimpleName(), "send  task - start");

    HttpParams p=new BasicHttpParams();
    p.setParameter("name", pvo.getName());

    //Instantiate an HttpClient
    HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(p);

    //Instantiate a GET HTTP method
    try {
        HttpResponse response=client.execute(new HttpGet("http://www.itortv.com/android/sendName.php"));
        InputStream is=response.getEntity().getContent();
        //You can convert inputstream to a string with: http://senior.ceng.metu.edu.tr/2009/praeda/2009/01/11/a-simple-restful-client-at-android/
    } catch (ClientProtocolException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    Log.i(getClass().getSimpleName(), "send  task - end");
}

Answer 2

Check out WWW.viewstreet.com developing an Apache plugin specifically for android serverside development for Java programmers

Answer 3

The easiest solution for you would be to use the apache http client to get and post JSON requests to a php server.

The android already has a JSON builder/parser built-in, as does PHP5, so integration is trivial, and a lot easier than using its XML/Socket counterparts.

If you want examples of how to do this the android side of things, here is a twitter API that basically communicates with twitter via their JSON rest API.

Answer 4

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/networking/sockets/

This is a good background tutorial to Java socket communication.