Connecting to a Heroku PostgreSQL Database in an Android app?

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I wrote a ruby on rails app that I host on heroku and is used as a tool for creating data and storing it in the postresql heroku database

How do I do connect to it from an Android app for fetching data?

Ovidiu Latcu · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-13 15:22:29Z

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The approach for this should be to use REST services to perform CRUD operations on your data, not directly connect from Android to the `database.

answered Mar 13, 2013 at 15:22

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eoghanm Over a year ago

Which JDBC driver is best for android, 3 or 4?

friism Over a year ago

@eoghanm as specified in the answer, you shouldn't connect to the database from android. Write a REST API app and deploy on Heroku and have your Android app interact with the REST API instead of the database.

Arun Pal Over a year ago

Why can't we directly connect to the database ?

Ovidiu Latcu Over a year ago

that's how you do this kind of stuff. mobile OSes don't have drivers to connect to remote databases

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