Connecting to external database - Android application

Question

I am writing an application for my third year project. The application will require interaction with an external mySQL database. The application will retrieve data from the

Answer 1

Yes you have to create Web Service to interact with External Database (MySql in your case). Its very easy to create Web service in PHP as its having one function which convert your DB data to JSON and you can easily parse the JSON data and display that in Listview or accordingly your requirement.

Here are some useful link which will help you to get more details :-

http://www.androidhive.info/2012/05/how-to-connect-android-with-php-mysql/ - Best from All

http://www.coderzheaven.com/2011/04/08/android-phpmysql-connection/

http://blog.sptechnolab.com/2011/02/10/android/android-connecting-to-mysql-using-php/

Hope it helps.