XML for real time is a bad idea. XML in general is a bad idea unless you're stuck with it because of the decoding overhead (have a look at Mark Murphys covering of power optimisation tips at http://androidguys.com/?p=5310).
If you're in control of the server and the client a customised binary protocol is the way to go to ensure you get the most bang per byte out of whatever network the phone is connected to. Al. -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robert Green Sent: 28 May 2009 20:19 To: Android Developers Subject: [android-developers] Re: Setting up Multiplayer Game over internet Is the game real-time or turn based? I have both a real-time multiplayer and a turn-based game. My turn- based one uses JSON/REST/RoR and my real-time one is using a custom protocol. Using JSON/REST/RoR works _very_ well. I recommend it because you can just use Phusion Passenger with Apache to deploy your app, which is extremely easy and makes your server very reliable. On May 27, 11:11 pm, Chris <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm wanting to add 2 player mode to a game, but I want this mode to be > able to run over the internet. > > My idea is to setup a game state server that would maintain > information on the moves made or current game state. > > The game clients would send information to this server and request > updates via xml. > > I would just like to know if this is the best way / only for to > clients to send game information to each other over the internet? Any > advice on this would be good. > > Cheers, > Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
