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Jukurrpa
Jukurrpa

Reputation: 4168

Android server-initiated TCP connection

I am new to Android development and I would like to know if there is any way to establish a server-initiated tcp connection on an Android device.

What I'm trying to achieve is making an external server able to access data from the Android phone at any time without using a battery-draining permanent connection.

As it is not possible for the phone to do something similar to an accept() when it is on 3G, I was wondering if there might be a system of "hidden" notifications that could be used to tell the phone to connect to the server.

Another option would be for the phone to try a connection every X seconds but I don't like the idea, and I'd rather have the connection to be created as soon as it's needed.

Are there any 'clean' solutions to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 294

Answers (1)

Lucero
Lucero

Reputation: 60276

You may want to have a look at the Google Cloud Messaging for Android.

Upvotes: 2

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