in the last 2-3 days i've search a solution to connect my android app to a mysql server directly and i found the right way to do this in java.
this is what i did:
- create new android project on eclipse
- import in my referenced library the jar file linked below (mysql-connector-java.jar) that is part of libmysql-java linux packet
- add the instruction "import java.sql.*" to use the library mentioned above
i've created a database with one table with 2 fields, id and data.
in the example below i've opened a connection to mysql server and execute a query "select * from table_name".
all works fine.
mr. erel, can you implement a mysql library with this?
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
		package com.android.mysql;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.Gravity;
import android.widget.LinearLayout;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Button;
import java.sql.*;
public class AndMysqlActivity extends Activity {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */
   private static final String url = "jdbc:mysql://mysql-server/db_name";
    private static final String user = "username";
    private static final String pass = "password";
    private Integer c = 0;
    
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        /* setContentView(R.layout.main); */
        
        dbconn();
    }
    
    public void dbconn() {
       TextView tv1 = new TextView(this);
       Button b1 = new Button(this);
       String testo;
        LinearLayout ll = new LinearLayout(this);
        ll.setOrientation(LinearLayout.VERTICAL);
       
       try {
          Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
          Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(url, user, pass);
          /* System.out.println("Database connection success"); */
          tv1.setText("Database connection success");
          ll.addView(tv1);
          Statement st = con.createStatement();
          ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery("select * from table_name");
          while(rs.next()) {
             testo = "Id: " + rs.getInt(1);
             tv1 = new TextView(this);
             tv1.setText(testo);
             ll.addView(tv1);
             testo = "Data: " + rs.getString(2);
             tv1 = new TextView(this);
             tv1.setText(testo);
             ll.addView(tv1);
             /*System.out.println("Id " + rs.getInt(1));
             System.out.println("Data " + rs.getString(2));
             System.out.println("");*/
          }
       }
       catch(Exception e) {
          /* e.printStackTrace(); */
          tv1 = new TextView(this);
          tv1.setText(e.toString());
          ll.addView(tv1);
       }
       
       b1.setText("Reload " + c++);
       b1.setGravity(Gravity.CENTER);
       b1.setClickable(true);
       b1.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { 
          public void onClick(View viewParam) {
             dbconn();
          }
       });
       
       ll.addView(b1);
       
       this.setContentView(ll);
    }
}
	 
	
	
		
	
 
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