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    <p>I am trying to implement an app to utilize a RESTful web service. I've studied several different examples and have coded a good working app that does successful pulls from the REST service. But now I need some direction. Here's some basic background (very simplified)...</p> <ul> <li>Assume a basic REST service that has "GetReferrers" and "AddReferrer" methods.</li> <li>From the <code>Activity</code>, I call a <code>managedQuery</code> to get a <code>Cursor</code> back from the <code>ContentProvider</code> for my <code>ListView</code>.</li> <li>The <code>ContentProvider</code> returns back any local data, and calls an async "GetReferrers" to get the latest server list of referrers.</li> <li>I have a custom <code>ResponseHandler</code> to parse the JSON and insert it into the <code>ContentProvider</code>.</li> <li>As of now, I am deleting all records in the local <code>ContentProvider</code> upon a successful "get" from the server, then inserting the new/updated list to the database.</li> </ul> <p>Two questions I have are...</p> <ol> <li><p>When I do a new GET, would it be common practice to delete all the existing records in the local <code>ContentProvider</code> and insert the new list? Or would it be better (albeit more time consuming) to do checks for new/changed/deleted records to only add/change/delete, respectively?</p></li> <li><p>I really don't have any idea where to start on doing an "add" from the client to utilize the "AddReferrer" REST method. I know how to add a new item locally to the <code>ContentProvider</code> using <code>ContentValues</code> with a <code>getContentResolver().insert()</code>. But, where would I put the code to push that up to the server? Or would it be more common practice to skip adding to the local <code>ContentProvider</code>, push it up to the server, then let the GET pull it back to the local <code>ContentProvider</code>?</p></li> </ol> <p>Hope that all makes sense. I'd appreciate any direction you can give. If anybody knows of a good two-way example like this, please share. All examples of REST client operations I've found so far are just doing "gets" from the server and not pushes back up.</p>
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    1. COfor #2, i would first push the data to the REST service, and upon a successful response, insert locally.
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    2. COI think this is what I'm leaning toward for #2.
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    3. CO@robertmiles3 I hope you successfully went through this. Maybe you can help me with this [similar setup](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11906172/synchronize-android-client-and-rest-server).
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