I am building an app on android that is moved based; for the purposes of this discussion, it is comparable to checkers. Player A will move, and send a Web Service a notification, which will "queue up" the message; Player B will then constantly be checking the Web Service every second to see if Player A has moved; I am going to do it that way because I'm unsure if there is an easy way to "push" the message to Player B when Player A moves. Is there a way to do pushing? If so, what happens if Player B has their game minimized?
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Apps Networking for Multiplayer Feature
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Hi Baka87, and welcome to Android Forums! 
I'm no developer, but I do know that a recent update to Google Play Services added support for asynchronous (turn-based) multiplayer: Google Play Services 4.1 | Android Developers Blog
Here's some details on how to do it: https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/turnbasedMultiplayer
If you run into any questions, post back here and a fellow developer should be able to assist :thumbup:
I'm no developer, but I do know that a recent update to Google Play Services added support for asynchronous (turn-based) multiplayer: Google Play Services 4.1 | Android Developers Blog
Here's some details on how to do it: https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/turnbasedMultiplayer
If you run into any questions, post back here and a fellow developer should be able to assist :thumbup:
Google Play Services supports everything back to 2.3. Google Play Services | Android Developers
I'm not trying to tell you that it's the only way to do it, of course, but just want to make sure you're aware so you don't have to re-invent the wheel unnecessarily. :thumbup:
I'm not trying to tell you that it's the only way to do it, of course, but just want to make sure you're aware so you don't have to re-invent the wheel unnecessarily. :thumbup: