title: Data compression on Android (other than java.util.zip ?)
body: <p>I have a lot of data (text format) to send from a device. It obviously means that I should compress it. But my question is whether there are any ways of doing it other than by zip algorithm (<a href="http://www.jondev.net/articles/Zipping_Files_with_Android_%28Programmatically%29" rel="noreferrer">like this</a>). The reason I am asking this question is over <a href="http://www.online-tech-tips.com/software-reviews/7-zip-vs-winzip-vs-winrar/" rel="noreferrer">here</a> - for a text file i.e. 7-zip is twice (!) better than zip. Which is a significant gain. And maybe there are even better algorithms.</p>
  
  <p>So are there any effective ways of data compression (better than zip) available for Android?</p>