Sockets doesn't say anything about the protocol, does it? If I am not wrong, sockets could be used by any protocol.
(quote from wikipedia) An Internet socket (or commonly, a network socket or socket), is an end-point of a bidirectional process-to-process communication flow across an IP based network, such as the Internet. Each socket is mapped to an application process or thread. A socket is an interface between an application process or thread and the TCP/IP protocol stack provided by the operating system. An Internet socket is identified by the operating system as a unique combination of the following: * Protocol (TCP, UDP or raw IP) (/quote) In fact, Java by default uses TCP. Hence, I am interested to find out whether TCP is used in android (or how else does it communicate). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---