Tutorial: Android Application Development - StatusData

In the previous tutorial, Class 3, Part 3, you learned how to create a local database for your Android app. Now, Marko will show you how to create the service (UpdaterService) that pulls data from the cloud and then inserts it into your local database.

In this tutorial, you will learn:
- How to create the service that will pull data from the cloud and store it in your local database
- How to verify that your database was created
- How to use sqlite3 - A tool that ships with Android which gives you access to your database

** Head to http://marakana.com/f/268 to grab the source code for this tutorial, and find more educational resources on open source development **

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[goodandroidev]

Thanks for great tutorials!

How many classes and parts in this tutorial?

And when you guess they will be uploaded entirely?

[MarakanaTechTV]

@goodandroidev Glad you found the tutorials useful. There are a total of 5 classes, and 4 parts yet to be uploaded. We're uploading 1 or 2 parts a week.

[bakoserge]

Hi ,

thanks for the great tutorials you have.

i wanna ask you if there is a simple way to access a remote DB using android without having to involve any php code in accessing the database.