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Android Connecting To WebServices

SOAP is a protocol for exchanging information between applications over HTTP. In Android, the KSOAP2 library is used to call SOAP web services. A SoapObject is created containing the namespace, method name, and URL. Parameters are added to the SoapObject. A SoapEnvelope containing the SoapObject is then created. The web service is invoked, passing the SoapEnvelope, and the response is retrieved from the envelope.

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Android Connecting To WebServices

SOAP is a protocol for exchanging information between applications over HTTP. In Android, the KSOAP2 library is used to call SOAP web services. A SoapObject is created containing the namespace, method name, and URL. Parameters are added to the SoapObject. A SoapEnvelope containing the SoapObject is then created. The web service is invoked, passing the SoapEnvelope, and the response is retrieved from the envelope.

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Android Connecting to WebServices

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What is SOAP?

SOAP is a simple XML-based protocol to let

applications exchange information over HTTP.


Or more simply: SOAP is a protocol for accessing a

Web Service.

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Soap for Android

We need Ksoap2 Android assembly Jar File

KSOAP relies on a basic object called SoapObject.

For this SoapObject, there are 3 variables that are

important: The Web Service Namespace The Web Service Method Name The Web Service URL

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There is another extra variable which is important

and is called SOAP_ACTION, but that is basically a concatenation of the Namespace and Method name: SOAP_ACTION = NAMESPACE + METHOD_NAME;

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Creating SOAP Object

SoapObject request = new

SoapObject(NAMESPACE, METHOD_NAME);

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Passing Parameters
Parameters in KSOAP are passed

request.addProperty(Parameter Name", Value);

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Then we will create another important KSOAP object,

and that is Soap Envelope:

Creating Object for Soap Envelop SoapSerializationEnvelope envelope = new SoapSerializationEnvelope(SoapEnvelope.VER11); Assigning Parameters : envelope.setOutputSoapObject(request);

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Lastly, we need to invoke the web service and obtain the

result: AndroidHttpTransport androidHttpTransport = new AndroidHttpTransport(URL); try { androidHttpTransport.call(SOAP_ACTION, envelope); SoapObject response = (SoapObject)envelope.bodyIn; String result = response.getProperty(0).toString(); } catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace();
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Let us analyze this using an example

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