Summary

As we have seen throughout this chapter, leveraging online services for both obtaining media and allowing users to publish media opens a wide range of possibilities. We found that utilizing HTTP, REST, JSON, and XML with Android isn't terribly difficult and brings us the ability to access almost any web service. Furthermore, adding location into the mix allows us to add yet another dynamic to our applications.

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