Establish connection to send data from web or application server to an android device

Question

Hello android developers,

I am an android developer, i would like to build an application that receive data from a server and display it as notification message. i am trying to create push notification services with out using GCM from google.

How can i send messages to a particular android device from my web/application server and how can i find the android device to send data for that particular device without using GCM.

Your helpful suggestions will be appreciated greatly.

Thanks in advance.

Sathish

Answer 1

Google is first of all. But use GCM , it's Google's push notifications.