Android Question Realtime twitter notifications

[trueboss323]

I'm trying to create a Twitter client and in the background I would like it to monitor new tweets from a person. The way it's currently doing it is it runs on a Timer every 5 minutes to check for new tweets, and sends a push notification. Doing it this way, I'm afraid this might cause a huge battery consumption. Is there a way to do this in real time?

 

[DonManfred]

Does Twitter provide any api for this?

 

[trueboss323]

Does Twitter provide any api for this?

I've used the REST API to retrieve tweets, but other than that I'm not sure.

 

[DonManfred]

When they do not provide anything regarding then you need to further use the Rest Api.
I suggest to check their documentation

 

[trueboss323]

I know how to retrieve tweets, I just want to know if it's possible doing in real time?

 

[DonManfred]

I just want to know if it's possible doing in real time?

If they PROVIDE a Api for this. You need to check their Documentation .

If they only provide a Rest api then you need to stay with the system you are using.

 

[trueboss323]

Since the sticky background service is no longer recommended for use. Is there a better alternative to use?

 

[DonManfred]

Not that i know of. But i dont use Twitter. So i dont Care about

 

[DonManfred]

Is there a better alternative to use?

One idea:
Setup a b4j server which fetch twitter every minute. You can send a pushnotification to your android app when something new.
On android fetch the new tweets when the notication arrives.

 

[Erel]

(I've removed the old tutorial as it was based on old practices that are no longer recommended)