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androiddatabase
deeJ
deeJ

Reputation: 682

Using remote database

I am building a free app that stores addresses of nearby hospitals in database. User can add a hospital too. Since this is a free app, I can't invest in server space.

I already know how to package your pre-populated database with your app. However, I'm thinking of creating a database file and uploading it to Dropbox. Then I open connection to it and retrieve or add records.

If possible, how should I go about it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 67

Answers (1)

Lukas Knuth
Lukas Knuth

Reputation: 25755

My idea would be creating a web-service which you can then query in your application. This service would be hosted in "the cloud" (there are multiple free hosters like Google App Engine).

This way, you can manage your data in a real database, query it from your application, create a synchronization functionality (which downloads parts of your data and makes it available offline) and much more.

Upvotes: 1

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