How to connect Android to a database server

Question

Is there any sample? I have my android application and I need to connect to mysql server on my machine, what is the best way?

I should not use jdbc, explanation here

Answer 1

If you need to share data between multiple phones, I would recommend exposing it as a web service. If the data only needs to be accessible on that particular phone (and you want to remain relational) you can use sqlite.