Apps Help uploading and later downloading images

[JazzW]

Hello everyone,

I am pretty new to programming in general, only a year or so of experience, and have only started working on an android app in the past month or two. In any case, I am using Unity and C# (not usual for android I know, but I already knew C# and Unity fairly well). It works, but the main issue I'm having right now is that I cannot figure out how to get the phone to open up the users pictures and the upload it to a server, once they've added some information, then later pull it from the server and use it. I really have no idea where to even start with this, or even create/use a server at all. (I may not even be using the right terminology, I'm talking about MySQL, or something similar) In any case, I have a $0 budget, which I've heard can, in most cases, be enough. Im not sure if i should start by setting up a MySQL server, or using Intent (if thats even the right function), or where, so anything would be helpful really.

*Note: due to my lack of an idea of where to start I have no code relating to this at all, so there's no point in asking for my code as I have none.

Thanks!
Jazz

 

[Deleted User]

You will need to use HTTP requests to send and receive data from a remote web server. Start by writing a simple app that uses an HttpClient.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...e-in-android-from-mobile-to-server-using-http

 

[JazzW]

You will need to use HTTP requests to send and receive data from a remote web server. Start by writing a simple app that uses an HttpClient.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...e-in-android-from-mobile-to-server-using-http

Thanks. Although its a bit of a middle step - first I'm going to need to set up a server to use right? Or is there seomthing I'm missing?

 

[Deleted User]

Thanks. Although its a bit of a middle step - first I'm going to need to set up a server to use right? Or is there seomthing I'm missing?

Yes you will need to set up a web server, to serve up your image files. This will need to be on a publicly accessible web host.

 

[JazzW]

Yes you will need to set up a web server, to serve up your image files. This will need to be on a publicly accessible web host.

In that case, is there something that can help me with that? A tutorial somewhere perhaps?

 

[Deleted User]

I would first check with your ISP. Most of them provide a web server facility. If not then you could approach one of the numerous web hosting companies on the web.
If you want to know the technical details of setting up a web server, just Google 'Apache web server'