Sending data between sever and mobile

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I have to get a large amount of data from a server to a mobile application. Currently i am passing the data in XML format which, seems to work. I want to know if there is another better way to do this. Also further i may need to show the data using page views.

Note: Using Flex builder 4.6 for development of app.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '12 at 06:41

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JSON is always a better choice when there is a data transfer between server-device. It is light-weight and easy to parse.

answered Apr 30 '12 at 06:41

shashankaholic

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If you use json, you should use a library like AS3corelib (https://github.com/mikechambers/as3corelib). AMF will give you better performance however, but won't be as re-usable by other applications (non AS3 application). – robmcm May 03 '12 at 09:47

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 30 '12 at 07:17

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I personally use blazeds as server with amf-channel for the datas tr/rx...

answered Apr 30 '12 at 07:17

Marcx

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 30 '12 at 09:48

For large datasets, you'd better use AMF, which is a binary format that will be decoded natively by the flash player.

Depending what technololgy you use server-side, you'll need some bridge that will encode your data in AMF. (BlazeDS/GraniteDS for Java, AMFPHP for PHP, ...)

Sending data between sever and mobile

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