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Android

Posted by Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Nguyen
Courses Plus Student 99 Points

How do I connect my back end with my android?

Let's say I have a website in php that is hosted on host gator that has sql..how do I make my android app communicate with it. It needs to pull data such as pictures in a way like Instagram does it. Is there a course in here like it?

1 Answer

Sai Sushanth Durvasula
Sai Sushanth Durvasula
2,759 Points
Sai Sushanth Durvasula
Sai Sushanth Durvasula
2,759 Points

You can follow BUILD AN WEATHER APP Course in ANDROID DEVELOPMENT SECTION where we would be taught about making an API request using okHttp to a weather forecast.io API and parsing the data

Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Nguyen
Courses Plus Student 99 Points

Is this requesting data like you would on parse.com? Is this how I would make it flow like Snapchat, Facebook, or Instagram. I am not looking to make something like the blog reader app. Does it teach me to log users into my website?

Sai Sushanth Durvasula
Sai Sushanth Durvasula
2,759 Points

Can you clearly state what are you looking for?

Kevin Nguyen
Kevin Nguyen
Courses Plus Student 99 Points

I am looking to make an app for my social media. I would like to make an app for it that functions like Facebook,instagram, or the one they built here called ribbit. Is there a track here that eventually teaches you how to build an app for a existing social media data base and not request data like they did in "Build a blog reader app." I know they show you how to make a snap chat look alike. I want to do that sort of app but with my back end and not parse's.