I'm needing to write a web page that is displayed on a mobile device but the tricky part is that the content needs to be a live updateable feed... think instant messenger or chatroom style updates.
I've taken a quick look at SSE and seems firstly this is tricky to do correctly in PHP with multiple connections occurring. Secondly I'm not even sure if the webview's in iOS/Android/BB will even support this feature since I haven't found a tutorial that actually works yet.
Reading this article it seems like websockets are the way forward but anyone have any experience in using these with iOS/Android?
Ideally I need it so that an update on the server appears on the mobile devices/laptops within 5 seconds (instantly would be incredible but I expect unrealistic)
A few methods considered and ruled out.
HW Push notifications to the native app to flag an update is available isn't feasible as it has to work for devices that don't have this feature.
Short polling is probably not feasible due to bandwidth restrictions that thousands may be using it at the same time.
Any and all ideas really welcome as I can't believe this is a rare request??
