Consuming HTTP Services
Android applications and mobile applications in general are small apps with a lot of functionality. One of the ways that mobile apps deliver such rich functionality on such a small device is that they pull information from various sources. For example, most Android smartphones come with the Maps application, which provides sophisticated mapping functionality. We, however, know that the application is integrated with the Google Maps API and other services, which provide most of the sophistication.
That said, it is likely that the applications you write will also leverage information from other applications and APIs. A common integration strategy is to use HTTP. For example, you might have a Java servlet available on the ...
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