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ReiSixx9

ReiSixx9

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I'm very new to developing android apps or apps in general. I started my first app a few hours ago actually.

What I need help with is I need to figure out how to add cloud syncing abilities to app on Android Studio. I want the app to be able to take the captured files (It will automatically be capturing screenshots at a specific interval. I'll figure out how to do this later.) it has saved and automatically sync them to a cloud host (ie. Google Drive).

Can anybody possibly help me?
The sooner the better. :)
Thanks!
 
That link will not help you, so the "whatever" depends on what you want the remote web service to do with the data (your screenshots). You will need to expose a web service API, accessed normally in the form of one or more URLs.
You'll need to be familiar with server side technologies in order to implement the web service. It can most simply be done using PHP.
 
So I can't use a free site maker?
I want to try and make this app without spending a single penny.
And I just want the site to store the data so I can view it from a different device than it was collected from.
 
So if I follow those instructions it won't completely make it so I can automatically sync data from my app to google drive? Do you think I'll learn how to finish it on my own or any tips?
 
I looked over the links last night and it seemed like the instructions were to integrate the Google Drive interface (so you can use Google Drive manually within the app, ie. create files & read files). I want the app to automatically upload/sync to Google Drive the data it already has stored.
 
Hmm the only problem is I want to use this as a monitoring app so it has to have stealth mode and Google Photos show up in the phone's gallery.
 
Well you're going to have to write some code then :)

You can write a service application, which runs constantly in the background, and periodically takes your screenshots, and uploads them to Google Drive.
 
Service application? What's that? How would I go about doing that? I know there's an app on Google Play that automatically uploads a certain folder on the phone to Google Drive and can delete them afterwards, but I can't edit the icon or name to hide it.
 
The monitoring/spy apps out there don't do exactly what I need. I've been searching for months so I decided to make my own, hard as it may be.

So if I use a Service, it'll just run in the background and be hidden?
 
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