How do I connect a android app to a mysql database that is not local?

Question

Hey I have found plenty of tutorials for people who are making the databases on their own computer but I am trying to connect to one that is not local

private class SignUpA extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {

    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
        String url = "jbdc:mysql://mywbdb.cjymdxzuzy46.us-east-1.rds.amazonaws.com:3306/mysql";
        String dbName = "profiles";
        String driver = "com.mysql.jdbc.Driver";
        Properties userInfo = new Properties();
        userInfo.put("user", "user");
        userInfo.put("password", "pass");

        try {

            Class.forName(driver);

            Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(url + dbName,
                    userInfo);
            CharSequence text = "Hello toast!";
            Toast tost = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), text,
                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
            tost.show();
            conn.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return null;
    }
}

I have imported the jdbc library and have tried using the DriverManager.registerDriver also but it still crashed.Also I changed the url and the username and password for obvious reasons. Please help, Thanks!

Answer 1

You wouldn't normally expose a mysql database to the Internet like that - your just asking to be hacked. Typically you would write a Web Service and expose that instead. Then your Android app would make calls to the Web Service to update the database.