如何从 Android 应用程序连接 MySQL 数据库？

Question

I have been researching answers to this question on various platforms but can't quite put the pieces together.

Currently, I have a device hardcoded in C++ that connects to a server and uses a PHP script to input data into a database. From there, I have a PHP script that then connects to the database and taskes the data, creating an XML file. I then have a Google API that takes the XML file and creates markers from the XML files data.

I am now trying to build a Java version of this in my android application. Since the PHP scrips are already on the LAMP server, and the database is already in the tables on the server.

How do I go about connecting to the database from the android studio? Is there a way to connect to the server and use my PHP script?

I have never used JSON, and would like to avoid it and stick to PHP where possible.

Thanks!

Answer 1

If you are using PHP at server side then the only way to connect with database is to use php webservices aka APIs. As you stated you have not used json but thats the only way. To simplify the networking calls, you can use various libraries which will simplify the http requests for you. For android, volley and okhttp are mostly used libraries. I personally suggest you to use volley for android. Json parsing using volley is just a piece of cake

Answer 2

您需要在这里使用 webservice。为了简单起见，在 android 中使用改造库，它将负责您的 json 输入/输出解析、webservice 调用和处理来自它的响应。