Question

maybe contrary to others, I´m thinking of running a webservice Server on Android. Is there any Library that supports this? I think ksoap2 e.g. is only for consuming webservices, not for serving them, right?

And, if thats not possible without lengthy coding, I just need to run a HTTP Server on Android and receive binaries with it (via POST).

Can anybody give some hints?

Cheers,
Marc

Answer 1

Finally, I´ve dismissed the thought of implementing it with a Webservice on Android-side and just managed to do it via Socket-Communication and a self-designed protocol, quite like this:

public class AsyncTaskSocketServer extends AsyncTask<Integer, String, Integer> {

private int id;
private String TAG = "AsyncTaskSocketServer";

private AsyncTaskSocketServer() {
    super();
    Random generator = new Random();
    id = generator.nextInt();
    Log.d(TAG, "created with id: " + id);
}

@Override
protected Integer doInBackground(Integer... ports) {

    int port = ports[0];
    Log.v(TAG, "Trying to start on port: " + port + " with id: " + id);

    try {
        ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);

        while (!isCancelled()) {
            Socket client = serverSocket.accept();
            try {
                Log.v(TAG, "Listening on port: "
                        + port);
                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
                        new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
                String str = in.readLine();
                publishProgress(str);

            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                Log.v(TAG, "Exception while socket.accept"+ id);
            } finally {
                client.close();
            }
            client.close();
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        Log.v(TAG, "Exception in SocketServer creation" + id);
    }
    return port;
}

@Override
protected void onProgressUpdate(String... values) {
    super.onProgressUpdate(values);
    String message = values[0];
    try {
        NetworkQueue.MESSAGE_IN_QUEUE.put(message);
        Log.v(TAG, "received: " + message);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        Logger.log("AsyncTaskSocketServer: Exception while writing to IN_QUEUE");
    }
}
}