Chapter 10. Network Interactions with GCM
In previous chapters, in order to update any kind of dynamic data that our examples required, we explicitly initiated a connection to a remote server, waking up the network radio and other resources required to perform the network operation. The application might fetch either fresh data or exactly the same data if nothing has changed since the last fetch.
Although this communication-fetching model might work for most use cases, it could consume battery resources and internet bandwidth in vain when the data does not change often.
This technique, commonly known as data polling, may also increase the server load when a great number of clients try to fetch or verify whether any data has changed.
An alternative ...
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