How to set up a high score server

Android Processing

v2oxviesta

How to set up a high score server

in Android Processing • 2 years ago

Hi, I am an android game developer and today I got a comment suggesting an online high score system. I know you can do this with processing but whenever I try to write to a server from a client, it never works. Another solution would be to open up a webpage which would submit the scores over php (Which I know how to do) im just not sure how to open up the page. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: How to set up a high score server

2 years ago

There are several ways of doing this I guess, the prettiest solution would probably be just to access the remote database where the highscores are listed - you'd probably need to use httpclient for that.

A quick google gave me this link: HTTP Client @ helloandroid.com

If you're only planning on opening a website where the user can enter their name you could try launching an Intent from the Processing app, something like this perhaps?

Intent i = new Intent( "android.intent.action.VIEW", Uri.parse( "http://www.site.com/score.php?score=" + score ) );
startActivity( i );

But of course, this is a little bit less "secure" I suppose...
Note: This code is untested, I won't vouch for it's validity.