how does an android app read data from the database/server?
<p>I am trying to make a simple android app.  All I want the app to do is connect to my server/database and run a query. whatever the returned string from the DB is should be displayed on the screen. </p>

<p>I have not found any examples of an app that show this. the <a href="http://developer.android.com/guide/index.html" rel="nofollow">dev guide</a> doesn't have anything like that. </p>

<p>How does this work?</p>

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<li>Does the android app connect to the actual database and run queries?</li>
<li>Does the android app require a restful API on the server?</li>
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