what is the best way to communicate with a server in android

Question

I'm writing an app for android in Java, and a server also in Java. I'm looking for a way to communicate with the server like a web service. I want to be able to call functions written in the server from the client.

Answer 1

There are many ways but the best way is to use volley https://github.com/mcxiaoke/android-volley

http://arnab.ch/blog/2013/08/asynchronous-http-requests-in-android-using-volley/

Or simply you can use a AsynTask for network calls How to use AsyncTask correctly in Android