XML-RPC rules, but the amount of data it generates is its big disadvantage. This is where JSON-RPC steps in. Data it generates is significally smaller, but this isn't suprising as JSON is known as fat free XML.This articles is based on my earlier Android XML-RPC article. Its PHP code and Zend Framework setup will be used so you should go through it if you haven't earlier (at least as far as XMLRPC Android client chapter).

You need to have some of the base code from the previous article in place to follow along, but if you're experienced with Zend Framework, keeping up won't be a problem. He uses this JSON-RPC client that was made for use with a ZF application and creates a basic jsonAction to handle the request. He then uses this Android JSON-RPC library to connect from the Android application and fetch some basic data.

The Stubbles team is proud to announce the release of Stubbles 0.2.0. This release is another alpha version and contains the basic MVC structure as well as support for JSON-RPC, utility packages for working with datespans, URLs and a cache package. Additionally the build system has been enhanced and a lot of bugs have been fixed. For a complete list of changes see the changelog. The release can be downloaded from our downloads page.

Other enhancements in this new version include updates to the build system, the inclusion of more examples, changes to several packages including the JSON-RPC, Util and XML functionality.