Do you send or receive? Large data requires some kind of pull parser - there is native pull parser for XML (in android) but not for JSON.
So for 1: if you receive try to use XML with pull parser, or some 3rd party library for JSON prividing same functionality for 2: it does not matter. I use small data binding library for JSON (http://github.com/ko5tik/jsonserializer) If data amount is really big I would open plain socket to avoid overhead with HTTP client. To synchronize highscores in my game I use REST service with 2 methods: push(.... all the necessary fields) - just saves single highscore entry, and is called periodically by game to save all local entries (unless those are already pushed) pull(since date) - pulls all newer entries from service. On first invocation (game just installed, or upgraded from previous version) since == 0 , so all entries are pulled. I also supply all entries with UUID to solve problem with double submission or unreliable communication. On Jun 10, 7:15 am, StillALearner <k.mad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > I have been trying to develop an android application for sometime now > and i would like to get some suggestion on the best way of making web > service calls or to be generic the best way of communication between > the android platform and web server. > Soap(using Ksoap) and HTTP(using POST) are two methodologies & XML and > JSON are the two data formats that am aware of,(let me know if they > are few other options too..) and , > i would like to know what is the best option of data transfer when > i) the data to transfer is Large and less frequent. > ii) more frequent but less data is being transfered. > > Also when it comes to data synchronization between server and our > app , how is that generally implemented ?? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
