How to call a RESTful web service from Android?

Question

I have written a REST web service in Netbean IDE using Jersey Framework and Java.

For every request the user needs to provide a username and a password, I know that

Answer 1

What back-end? If JAVA then you can use REST with Java (JAX-RS) using Jersey.

On the Android side you can use this simple RestClient to work with that REST service.

For JSON <--> Object mapping on both sides (Android, Java back-end) you can use GSON.