Not aware of any high level web service stack on the android, so you may be dealing with soap and XML at the low levels, something to keep in mind. -nitro
On Aug 2, 3:30 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: > That is kind of a pointless point.... if the web service can't be > accessed, then of course it isn't going to work. It certainly does NOT > require the web service to be public in nature, nor does it have to be > sitting right there on a public network. As long as there is *some > means* of accessing it, then it'll be fine. > > The answer to the questions are: 1) yes. 2) yes. > > On Aug 2, 4:37 pm, Mark Murphy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Grandma wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I am new to android development and mobile development in general. > > > > I am interested in writing an application for a private client (not > > > for public release). In brief the application will be used by feild > > > staff and will communicate with a webservice back at base. My > > > questions are as follows... > > > > 1. Is Android a suitable platform for this kind of work. > > > 2. Can you consume web services from Android this way? > > > If the Web service in question is visible on the public Internet, then > > yes, it's suitable. > > > -- > > Mark Murphy (a Commons > > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > > Android Training in Germany, 18-22 January 2010:http://bignerdranch.com- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
