How to have Android App communicate with external MySQL db

I am really confused on how to get data in and out of an android app from the internet.

I imagined that I would store information in the mysql db on the server I already have set up. But from what I have read, I would need some type of in-between web service to make queries with data sent from the app.

Can anybody toss me some tips on how to get something li开发者_Go百科ke this started.

Or, if you know of a better way, let me know about it.

This question has been asked several times, for example here: How to get from a MySql server to an Android app?.

Bottom line - you don't connect directly. You have something on your server (like RESTful) that you connect with via HTTP.

Try this method out. I will be using this method for the current project i am working on.

You basically create a php script on a server and use http posts to send the data to the script, read the tutorial linked below for better explanation.

mysql/android tutorial