从数据库向Android发送数据的最佳方法

Question

I have a remote database (have images and text). I want to make an android application which is get data from database when new data added to db..

GCM is good for this project but how can i send images with GCM? (because GCM msg limit 4KB) or should i use web service ?

Any idea?

Thanks for helping..

Answer 1

您可以使用GCM通知应用程序数据已更新，并且每当收到此通知时，就启动Web服务以获取数据和图像。

Answer 2

You can create a background service which runs in loop every each X seconds for example. Each time the service execute its tasks (call a web service) it checks for new remote database entries.

At this point you can decide to display a notification to inform the user about the new entries received if this is the desired mechanism. If the user is using the app at the moment of the update, you can use loader and database observers to update the UI.