Call a method from web app to android app

Question

Is it possible to call a method / API / web service from a web application to an android application, something like android app become web service provider and the web app become web service client,

I would like to refresh data on an android app by clicking on a button on a web application,

Answer 1

You can use I-Jetty in your app and make your app as the web server.. use the source code and run the server from a android service. More detail can be found at following link:

https://code.google.com/p/i-jetty/

Answer 2

诸如Google Cloud Messaging之类的东西-http: //developer.android.com/google/gcm/index.html可能是您的最佳选择。