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I want to Learn about this "android and php web services". please give me some good resources for learn about this subject.(Video tutorials links)

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A practical, evergreen approach is to treat this as two problems: building a solid PHP web service and making a resilient Android client that consumes it (as recommended). Recommended sequence: (1) learn HTTP fundamentals, REST conventions and JSON; (2) build a minimal PHP endpoint that returns JSON and uses prepared statements for DB access; (3) consume that endpoint from Android on a background thread and parse the JSON. Mentions in the thread are useful context — called out REST frameworks (Restler is one option) and pointed to hybrid approaches; reminded that JSON/XML knowledge is essential.

Server-side checklist and best practices: return JSON with the correct Content-Type header, use PDO with prepared statements, return appropriate HTTP status codes, keep endpoints stateless, enforce HTTPS, validate and sanitize inputs, and protect APIs with tokens (API keys or JWT) and rate limiting. Frameworks or microframeworks can speed development, but a tiny hand-rolled endpoint is ideal for learning and debugging. Test endpoints with curl or Postman and inspect server logs when responses are unexpected.

Client-side checklist: ensure the app has network permission, perform network I/O off the UI thread, handle timeouts/retries and connectivity changes, and parse JSON with a robust parser. Persist authentication tokens securely, cache responses when appropriate, and prefer background/scheduled sync for periodic jobs. Hybrid tooling (mentioned by ) is a trade-off: faster cross-platform delivery versus less native control.

Quick troubleshooting workflow and minimal examples: reproduce the API with a single static GET that returns valid JSON, then add DB and POST handlers. Common failures: wrong Content-Type, malformed JSON, CORS or HTTPS issues, missing Android INTERNET permission, and unhandled server errors. Minimal PHP example:

<?php
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode(['ok'=>true,'items'=>[]]);

Minimal Android pattern (conceptual):

URL u = new URL("https://example.com/api");
HttpURLConnection c = (HttpURLConnection)u.openConnection();
// perform in background, read stream, parse JSON

This path keeps learning focused, makes debugging simple, and builds a foundation for production concerns such as security and scaling.

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A little vague, can you be more specific?

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I want to learn about PHP base android app devalopment.such as Android News App(Back end devalop by using PHP),Taxi Resavation system.....ect..

some good vedio for learn about this "android with php web services"

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So you want to build a service in PHP and use it from Android? Have a look at Restler.

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Those are really two entirely different things: PHP based web services, and Android development that uses web services. If you study them like that; separately, you'll get much better results than if you try to find matterial where both are linked together.

PHP doesn't really care what type of client-side device is requesting the web services it provides. Whether it's a normal browser or an Android app, both are handled the same by PHP. Likewise, the Android app doesn't care what language is providing the web service, as long as the response contains the expected content.

On the PHP side, there are any number of ways to set up a web service. Restler is one of them, but there are a LOT of different ways to handle this type of thing.

I don't know much about Android, but I'd assume the Java APIs for it include classes to handle HTTP communication and, at the very least, ways to read XML data. Perhaps even REST specific APIs and JSON parsing.

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You may find phonegap useful for the native app production:
You can produce your 'app' in html/css/js. You can then use this to access your 'backend'.

May be worth considering if you want to develop for multiple platforms.

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you have to learn how to create web services in php (JSON and XML) then learn how to consume the web service in your android App, as someone said above you can create your app with html, css and js but if you want to go the extra mile learn java

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