efreaky:


Simple!

1. Create a normal Login/Registration with Laravel
2. Use JSON to parse your data
3. Use an Android Library like volley to consume the JSON data

Or Better still

1. Google how to create an API with Laravel
2. Google how to use Volley in Android.

Thank you, Good morning.

How can I create the Login and Register API?
Can you show me a code spinet?

Like I said, I have Google it, but couldn't find it.

I finally found a library called android-async-http, i think the library is OK because the popular Instagram uses the Library...Thanks Bro @dhtml18

^^^I have used it before, to build a chat app with android. I have also used volley and quite a lot of libraries in android.
But somehow, i will recommend volley rather than android-async-http.

FrankLampard:


Thank you, Good morning.

How can I create the Login and Register API?
Can you show me a code spinet?

I dont think theres any need to use a Framework for this kinda task, though, i am not a PHP guy, but simple PHP script that can talk to database and echo a JSON String is all you need to write.

Example...for registration:

<?php
$host = 'localhost';
$user = 'root';
$pass = ' ';
$connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
mysql_select_db(
'db name');
//user data
$username = $_POST['user'];
$mail = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$json = array();
$query = Insert into users( username, email, password) Values( '$username','$mail','$password')
$result = mysql_query($query);
if($result){
array_push($json, array('success'=>true, 'fail'= >false))
}else{
array_push($json, array('success'=>false, 'fail'= >true))
}
mysql_close($connection);
echo json_encode($json);?>

lekropasky:


I dont think theres any need to use a Framework for this kinda task, though, i am not a PHP guy, but simple PHP script that can talk to database and echo a JSON String is all you need to write.

Example...for registration:

<?php
$host = 'localhost';
$user = 'root';
$pass = ' ';
$connection = mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
mysql_select_db(
'db name');
//user data
$username = $_POST['user'];
$mail = $_POST['email'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
$json = array();
$query = Insert into users( username, email, password) Values( '$username','$mail','$password')
$result = mysql_query($query);
if($result){
array_push($json, array('success'=>true, 'fail'= >false))
}else{
array_push($json, array('success'=>false, 'fail'= >true))
}
mysql_close($connection);
echo json_encode($json);?>

Thank you.

With simple PHP script, I can create an API anyway I want. Outputting my response anyway I want, but for this particular project I need Laravel to perform the task for me.

Again Thank you.

FrankLampard:

Thank you, Good morning.
How can I create the Login and Register API? Can you show me a code spinet?
Like I said, I have Google it, but couldn't find it.

Are you using Laravel 4 or 5?

I believe i completely agree with the dude that says that there is no need to use laravel for a simple json api. The lighter the api, the better for your app.
This means that, you can build your website with wordpress, codigniter or whatever, but you can still build a simple json api on top of that with regular php.
afterwall, what does the api really need? to push and pull data between the app and the server (database).

efreaky:

Are you using Laravel 4 or 5?

5. here is my own code.

dhtml18:
I believe i completely agree with the dude that says that there is no need to use laravel for a simple json api. The lighter the api, the better for your app.
This means that, you can build your website with wordpress, codigniter or whatever, but you can still build a simple json api on top of that with regular php.
afterwall, what does the api really need? to push and pull data between the app and the server (database).

API with a framework really helps in so many ways.

Security, Scalable and Performance.

FrankLampard:


5. here is my own code.

https://www.codetutorial.io/laravel-5-rest-api-basic-authentication/

There you go, dont forget to pay tithe when your client pays you.

FrankLampard:


API with a framework really helps in so many ways.

Security, Scalable and Performance.

I know all that, but can't you secure your API? Even with the most secure of frameworks, if you do not follow some certain guidelines your app will still be vulnerable.
If you do not secure your android app properly, a smart hacker can decompile it and still hack your api even with the most secure of frameworks.

Lesson: securing this type of API/android app is not beans or moi moi at all.

dhtml18:

I know all that, but can't you secure your API? Even with the most secure of frameworks, if you do not follow some certain guidelines your app will still be vulnerable.
If you do not secure your android app properly, a smart hacker can decompile it and still hack your api even with the most secure of frameworks.

Lesson: securing this type of API/android app is not beans or moi moi at all.

ProGuard can help you with that, even without ProGuard, if someone decompiled your app and get your API and try to do basic SQL injection to your App. The hacker will be extremely disappointed. When you used Laravel.

FrankLampard:


API with a framework really helps in so many ways.

Security, Scalable and Performance.

yes i am very aware of all that. But i dont really wish to talk too much on this matter, because it will lead to countless arguments which i am not truly ready to face.

The thing is, you wish for a json laravel api to use for your solution - and you have got it - case closed then.

efreaky:


https://www.codetutorial.io/laravel-5-rest-api-basic-authentication/

There you go, dont forget to pay tithe when your client pays you.

I didn't reply you because I was banned by the Anti-spam bot.

I have actually seen this tutorial before. It does not solve my problem.

I had to come up with my own Hack within Laravel.

Thank you.

FrankLampard:

I didn't reply you because I was banned by the Anti-spam bot.
I have actually seen this tutorial before. It does not solve my problem.
I had to come up with my own Hack within Laravel.
Thank you.

Nice to know you finally found a way around it, care to share how you did it?

^^^Very good, i believe you should share it so that it can help others someday.

efreaky:


Nice to know you finally found a way around it, care to share how you did it?

Where I go start now.

Well creating an API is not different from the normal way of creating Web Applications.

In Laravel instead of Returning Views within your route.php, you just return json(). It will solve your problem with breeze.

dhtml18:
^^^Very good, i believe you should share it so that it can help others someday.

I had to use Normal PHP script within Laravel to solve the task.

FrankLampard:


I had to use Normal PHP script within Laravel to solve the task.

^^this was exactly the scenario i was trying to paint earlier. . . .

dhtml18:

^^this was exactly the scenario i was trying to paint earlier. . . .

It seems almost impossible for me to achieve it with Eloquent, I had to use Query Builder.

DEVELOPING AN ANDROID APP, WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW. http://techzone.com.ng/2016/05/05/developing- android-app-know/

FrankLampard:


Where I go start now.

Well creating an API is not different from the normal way of creating Web Applications.

In Laravel instead of Returning Views within your route.php, you just return json(). It will solve your problem with breeze.

Good to see you took my initial advise. Lol

efreaky:

Good to see you took my initial advise. Lol

No I didn't, the screenshot I pasted was working fine, just didn't know that.

lekropasky:
I finally found a library called android-async-http, i think the library is OK because the popular Instagram uses the Library...Thanks Bro @dhtml18

I was just revamping an android app now and found out that volley was no more getting maintained, so i am porting back to android-async-http

dhtml18:

I was just revamping an android app now and found out that volley was no more getting maintained, so i am porting back to android-async-http

Have you looked at Retrofit?

http://square.github.io/retrofit/

dhtml18:

I was just revamping an android app now and found out that volley was no more getting maintained, so i am porting back to android-async-http

the library is great. what I like most about it is the easy way of sending FILES to http server using the RequestParams class....

FrankLampard:

Have you looked at Retrofit?
http://square.github.io/retrofit/

Probably another time, I am more used to volley and async-http. I hear it is highly recommended, I shall try it in a new project.

lekropasky:


the library is great. what I like most about it is the easy way of sending FILES to http server using the RequestParams class....

Yes it is, in this case i am using it for a post request to fetch data from a JSON API (done in .NET).

So back to original thread, is there anyone here that wishes to learn how to create a reusable library in your code?
Just like all these libraries that we use - asynchttp etc, you can create a reusable library on your pc that you can use in multiple projects - call it shared library if you like.

Pls what is wrong, I can't install HAXM, even though I enable Virtualization and disabled Hyper-V.
It so annoying. It is saying "Unknown Error". I use Win10.

Has anyone experienced similar problem?

O boy, i never install that one o. In fact, i dont really use those stuffs jare. I mostly use bluestack, andy, genymotion and my phone and tab to test. E don tale wey i don use all those emulators last.
And i am using windows 8 too - refused to upgrade to 10 - too many things at stake. When i buy a new laptop, i will put windows 10 on it.

I wanted to do some test on my localhost. That is why I needed the Android Emulator.

I will try and download Genymotion.

Or is there a way I can use to my phone to connect to MySQL on my localhost using WiFi or Cable.

When using bluestacks emulator - http://localhost/nairaland becomes http://10.0.2.2/nairaland in your emulator
but some other types of emulators like genymotion - it becomes http://10.0.3.2/nairaland