Re: [android-developers] Re: more SMS questions

Using SMS just seems like a bad idea to me. Pretty much everyone who
does this sort of thing uses a web backend (and the others don't work
well). Seriously, using sms is going to be hackey and weird. You can
try to Bluetooth, but my opinion (after trying it for this purpose) is
that using a server based solution is going to be much better long
term. There are some free web backends popping up here and there.
Google "parse android" to see an example of one I've heard of but
haven't had the chance to use yet.

I agree that it seems like there should be a better way to communicate
between multiple people in your apps, but I think that right now, the
API support is limited to these third party sources (and a few make it
look fairly painless, besides, web backends give you a lot more
scalability).

Remember to design your app so you don't murder the battery life of the device.

kris

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:22 PM, John Goche <johngoche99@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Kristopher Micinski
> <krismicinski@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I need to have a bunch of android phones send and receive data to each
>>> other to communicate,
>>
>> Don't use SMS, that seems like a bad idea waiting to happen.  Try
>> using a web service or backend to do this, this is what pretty much
>> everyone else does..
>>
>> kris
>
> Yes but a web service / backend needs a separate server and I wanted to have
> something that works out of the box. What should I do?
>
> Regards,
>
> John Goche
>
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