Device to Device Communication in Android

Question

I have been tasked for university to program a mobile phone application. I have oppted for two mobiles to communicate with each other via message.

I would like the application to connect the mobile to the internet to send the message and the other mobile to connect to the internet to recieve the message.

I am using Eclipse IDE.

Does anyone have any ideas for good examples of similar application source code so I can develop my application using appropriate protocols.

I would appreciate any advice and I am certainly not looking for someone to give me "the answer" I am really looking forward to getting stuck in. Though I have never touched an android phone let alone programed one. So some advice would be amazing!!

Thanks

Si

Answer 1

Get used to this site: http://developer.android.com/index.html Learn it, love it. It's full of useful information. The Videos section gives plenty of live talks about what exactly Android is among other topics. One of the first things you need to do is go to the SDK section. It gives a detailed guide on how to get setup. The Dev Guide is great for learning more about Android and how to program Android apps (not just Java programs) especially while just getting started. Resources is full of code examples and articles on specific issues and Reference is the entire platform documentation. @Matthew Willis has already given a helpful link from the Dev Guide.

Look around the site, download and install the SDK, and come back whenever you have any questions. Good Luck!