How to start creating a mobile application that sends data to a windows application?

Question

Mobile development

I have never tried to link a mobile application with windows. Where to start studying? What literature to read? More experienced developers please share your experience (:

Answer 1

I had the reverse issue. On a mobile phone, receive information from windows applications with the possibility of feedback. At first I wanted to write an application for android, but then pitfalls surfaced in the form of gray ip, firewalls, and most importantly, a smartphone may not necessarily be on android. Then the thought came to mind that it's too cool to write applications for each platform. In my case, everything was decided by creating a simple page on the Internet that can be accessed from any browser. The scheme looks like this: a c++ application on windows sends/receives requests via tcp/udp <-> node.js server<-> browser on a mobile device working with the server via http. In any case, you need a server that will constantly wait for a connection, it makes sense to take it out of the windows / mobile application.

Answer 2

I still think I'm not sure. The application will make a request to the server, and that, in turn, will issue something to the application on the PC. Hardly directly. There is, for example (let's show imagination), at home you have a microwave that is turned on by the controller (not the point), from a computer. You go home from work, you want your dinner to be warmed up when you get home (which you, of course, put in the microwave in the morning). You turn on your application, it gives a request to the server where it is stored .. for example, some kind of task task. At this time, the computer updates the data on the tasks from the server, sees that there is a task - turns on the microwave. You have a wiring problem, everything is on fire, you come home with mixed feelings, it seems that the hut burned down, but dinner is ready.

Answer 3

There are quite a lot of options. It all depends on what, how and why your application will send.