Title of article :
Transfering Data from a Server to an Android Mobile Application: A Case Study
Author/Authors :
Anacleto, Ricardo ECAD–Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Center - School of Engineering of the Polytechnic, Portugal , Figueiredo, Lino University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar - CCTC–Computer Science and Technology Center, Portugal , Almeida, Ana University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar - CCTC–Computer Science and Technology Center, Portugal , Novais, Pulo University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar - CCTC–Computer Science and Technology Center, Portugal
Abstract :
Nowadays, due to the incredible grow of the mobile devices market, when we want to implement a client-server applications we must consider mobile devices limitations. In this paper we discuss which can be the more reliable and fast way to exchange information between a server and an Android mobile application. This is an important issue because with a responsive application the user experience is more enjoyable. In this paper we present a study that test and evaluate two data transfer protocols, socket and HTTP, and three data serialization formats (XML, JSON and Protocol Buffers) using different environments and mobile devices to realize which is the most practical and fast to use.
Keywords :
Client , server communication , data serialization , parsers , mobile applications , performance , protocol buffers , algorithms
Journal title :
Jurnal Teknologi :F
Journal title :
Jurnal Teknologi :F
