Sending a serialized object from Android to a servlet using HTTP client

Question

I have tried to create a android application that sends a serialzed object from the phone to a servlet the contents of the object is the input from the user which i will sto

Answer 1

Don't use serialization between architectures. Use JSON, XML, or something else that is architecture-neutral.

Answer 2

I second the suggestion of XStream. It is a very nice and easy API. I don't like the Serialization formats XML or JSON though because they are text based. For a more compact serialization format, try ProtoBuf from Google.

Answer 3

As suggested, use XML or JSON. You can get XStream patched for Android from this blog in order to serialize your objects to XML.