Atmosphere with Android

Question

First, I plan to use Atmosphere on the server side and on the client side an Android app with a WebView in which I'll use jQuery.

But, later on a more "standard" Android application is planned (no WebViews), and I want to know whether Atmosphere can be used too.

Thanks!

Noeminoesis

Answer 1

The jQuery.atmosphere.js works fine on Android. So you should be OK.

Carbonado

Excellent! Thanks for confirming my assumptions regarding the jQuery plugin :) And regarding the latter question, can I use Atmosphere when making requests via HttpClient for example (the scenario when making an Android application which doesn't use a WebView)? Or I should search for a more specific client library for doing this? – Noeminoesis

Atmosphere will works, but you can also take a look at the AHC (AsyncHttpClient) library. That's one is used a lot with Atmosphere. – Carbonado

Answer 2

You can try this approach:

Server side:

Atmosphere Meteor Servlet

• Meteor Servlet implementation is easy than Atmosphere runtime approach.

Android Client side:

Wasync libraries

• Wasync libraries are used to extend the functionalities of Atmosphere framework.
• You can download sample chat application for android app from its samples.

Ingmar