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phpandroiddatabasesynchronization
rahul
rahul

Reputation: 2661

how to sync data between android app and php server?

I am trying to sync data between android application and php server.

In my application I use json webservices to get data from php server.

Now whenever there is new fields added to php server database then my app should reflect it immediately.

Its kind of background services which we look everytime for the new data to php server database.

How can i do this ?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2651

Answers (2)

Ahmed Hegazy
Ahmed Hegazy

Reputation: 12615

Have a look at SyncAdapter class especially designed for this purpose. http://developer.android.com/training/sync-adapters/index.html

Upvotes: 0

kamituel
kamituel

Reputation: 35970

If you need this immediately, you should consider using GCM.

This sentence is on the GCM's front page:

Send data from your server to users' Android-powered devices. This could be a lightweight message telling your app there is new data to be fetched from the server

What you would need to do is to make your backend notify GCM about new data (via GCM's web service). Then, it's GCM's responsibility to deliver this message to your app. It'll even launch app when it's not running.

As for specific solution, you have two possibilities: either backend will only "ping" app via GCM, and app will fetch data by itself, or, if the update is small, backend could send it to your app directly in the GCM message.

Upvotes: 5

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