How to implement app client server android

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I want to implement something like this app of Google.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.adm[^]
How should I start with?

Edit:
I want to have:
Server: can send make an action to an android mobile: lock the phone, or erase mobile's data, get GPS information.

Mobile: send GPS information, excecute these action above.

Edit:
I have tried some API client-server: HttpClient but it is not enough.
Because it required my app have to run a service to communicate with server and listen from server all the time.
I want server can make an action send to my mobile and start the app and send data back

Posted 30-Sep-15 23:37pm

tudzic001

Updated 1-Oct-15 3:21am

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Richard MacCutchan 1-Oct-15 9:34am

You cannot do that with a server, since it would need some service running on the Android device to listen for the requests. Also, allowing some external server to lock your phone or erase the data is just stupid. That is the sort of thing that hackers do, and this site does not support hacking.

tudzic001 1-Oct-15 9:41am

Thanks for your comment.
This app is used in case your mobile stolen. So you can use a web to ask server to lock your phone and erase some sensitive data on your phone. Because there is many app out there do that. So I think it is software dev not about hacking :)

Richard MacCutchan 1-Oct-15 10:54am

Well you still need an app on the mobile to receive the request and only act on it if it is valid. Otherwise the phone remains open to hacking. I suggest you do some more research to find out how this may be achieved.

tudzic001 1-Oct-15 11:03am

yep, I see. Do you have some keyword for me? some link maybe?

Richard MacCutchan 1-Oct-15 11:42am

www.google.com. If you cannot think of a keyword then you are unlikely to get very far with creating this app.

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Krunal Rohit · Answer 1 · 2015-09-30T23:52:00

Solution 1

Google[^] would definitely help you.
Please make sure that you have tried something. Don't post such question of which you can easily find the answers.

-KR

Posted 30-Sep-15 23:52pm

Krunal Rohit

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tudzic001 1-Oct-15 7:56am

Thank you for your comment. I have edited my question.

Krunal Rohit 1-Oct-15 8:54am

Still, read my answer again.

-KR

tudzic001 1-Oct-15 9:21am

I did try something and edited again :)

AnvilRanger · Answer 2 · 2015-10-01T03:21:00

What you are wanting is known as Mobile Device Management. There are many products out there, but I am unsure if any are open source. Your idea is very ambitious and very complex to implement. The scope is far beyond the limited about of space that this QA offers and the beyond the free time members give.

I would suggest that you break your idea into much smaller sections, ideas and implement those first.

Remember you need to walk before you can run.