It's hard to download an application from the Android Market without having a google account registered on the phone, it's hard to have a google account without a gmail account.
I don't think there are many Android users who don't have a google account. There are probably some that have turned off google account synching though. On Apr 21, 1:36 pm, Bob Kerns <r...@acm.org> wrote: > Um, why do you assume every Android user has a gmail account? > > On Apr 21, 1:17 am, SLY <sly.andr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > I am currently working on a project which requires a server to request > > data from the devices which are currently connected to the server. > > Meaning, first the server finds out which devices are connected to the > > server and then sends an application specific message to the client > > device which should wake certain functionality present on the client, > > like for example send out its current location. > > > I was looking into XMPP service which looked promising since it works > > as a PUSH notification. The <presence> in XMPP can be used to check if > > the device is currently connected and has subscribed to the server. > > Since every android user has a gmail account, I was thinking of using > > the gmail xmpp service to connect /subscribe to the server. Then send > > specific message to the client, i.e x...@gmail.com. But if a message is > > sent this way the client app gets the message as well as the native > > gtalk client. So how do I go about intercepting this so that it > > doesn't show up on the gtalk client but my app still gets it. > > > I want the PUSH notification to work, not PUSH. > > > Please do comment on the above approach. If there is another way to do > > this, please do suggest. > > > - SLY > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
