Question

I need some advices.
I’ve a WSDL and I need to call some services.

For you, What is the best way to callSOAP web service with Android?
I know that we can:

• use the library Ksoap 2
• create xml templates and send them by a simple http protocol.
• Or i can do something like:

  public class AppelService {


  private static final String NAMESPACE = "http://my-website.com";
  private static final String URL = "http://mon-example-web-services/wsdl.WSDL";
  private static final String SOAP_ACTION = "getWeather";
  private static final String METHOD_NAME = "getWeather";

  private String getWeather(String city) {

    try {
      SoapObject request = new SoapObject(NAMESPACE, METHOD_NAME);
      request.addProperty("city", city);

      SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapEnvelope.VER11);
      envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);

      AndroidHttpTransport androidHttpTransport = new AndroidHttpTransport(URL);
      androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION, envelope);

    } catch (Exception e) {
      Log.e("getWeather", "", e);
    }
  }
}

From your own experience, what do you think is the best way to do it ?

any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Answer 1

I would definitely advocate using ksoap2-android libary. I have done this very research, and nothing beats using this library in terms of versatility.
The code you have provided is ksoap2.

From the ksoap2-android website:

The ksoap2-android project provides a lightweight and efficient SOAP
library for the Android platform.

It is a fork of the kSOAP2 library that is tested with the Android
platform in mind. It also has a bunch of more features and
enhancements and takes in bug fixes and contributions and releases
regularly. It is also easily available for Maven and Ant users alike.