android soap rest

android soap rest

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REST/JSON has been a preferred method for newly architected solutions. Android comes with org.json package

A variant of SOAP called ksoap, looks like has been ported to android. You may want to look up ksoap site to see if it is compatible to call existing soap services.

Some folks are using SOAP UI to generate a SOAP XML stub/template and then filling in, simulating a SOAP call through http client.

There seem to be some home grown/commercial soap clients such as wsclient

android gson

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gson library link

Here is a link on how to use gson on android

Performance implications of gson on android discussed on stack overflow

Here is a performance comparison link

Link to jackson json parser

json jackson gson

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Here is json/jackson comparison: stackoverflow

Jackson comes out quite a winner

A new library enroscar

Give solutions to common problems that Android applications face with (mainly focusing on web services clients). And do it via exposing clean and extensible interfaces. a) a convenient way for performing remote server API communication utilize Android loaders API to load remote data b) display remote images c) misc handy widgets d) and other..