Question

I want to implement Notifications based on changing in MySQL. i have an app thats send tasks to device on runtime. I want that i get notification on my android device when i insert a task in Task table in MySQL.
I can get every task from MySQL using php. and i have also make login in which i get username and password and verify it from MySQL. and same like that i have did for task. to get tasks.
like this and now i am following this tutorial for implement notification. but how can i get notification when inserting task in MySQL. i have to make an service that will run in background but how will i get if there is anychange in task table. ?

Answer 1

You can create a trigger in your MySQL database and run an external application everytime a row is inserted in that table. More info: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/faqs-triggers.html#qandaitem-B-5-1-10