是否可以使用TCP套接字将JSON数据从Java服务器发送到Android客户端

Question

I want to develop a app, where user is automatically updated about new stories, just like facebook where it shows new stories at the top. One way for this is to keep timer and send request continously. But I want to send data from server to android client using TCP socket connection. I refered few links about how to establish a socket connection between two android devices. But they are sending just a plain text and server requires a response from the client, only then it sends the next data. But I want to continously send json data to the client. Is it possible to send json data continously from web server to android client, without getting response from client?

Answer 1

Why don't you use WebSocket ? It's a bidirectional TCP connection through which you can send text and/or binary messages.

To use WebSocket, you have to use a web server that supports WebSocket ( Tyrus , Jetty , ...) and a WebSocket client library on Android side ( nv-websocket-client , ...).