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I am working on android project that connects to a database,
while I'm looking for tutorial I found ones that creates .php files and connect them with the android app using HttpClient and HttpPost,
and then exchange data with json.
this one is clear.

I found also other toturials that confuses me!
they are talking about using SOAP and wsdl files??
the links they were using for connecting to web service was with .wsdl extension!

Can someone explain to me what are they?
Thank you.

Firas Al Mannaa
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SOAP EN WSDL have something to do with xml, I dont recommend you to use xml either.

I recommend you to use json, because performance of json is better than xml.

I highly to recommend you to use volley https://developers.google.com/events/io/sessions/325304728

There are enough examples on the internet to make it work very well with your application!

However if you want to make a webservice see the question here > Android WSDL/SOAP service client

WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. The operations and messages are described abstractly, and then bound to a concrete network protocol and message format to define an endpoint. Related concrete endpoints are combined into abstract endpoints (services). WSDL is extensible to allow description of endpoints and their messages regardless of what message formats or network protocols are used to communicate, however, the only bindings described in this document describe how to use WSDL in conjunction with SOAP 1.1, HTTP GET/POST, and MIME. source:http://www.w3.org/TR/wsdl

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