Cloud database for Android app

Question

I have some applications in the Play Store, and now I want to add the ability to search for "cloud data".

• I do not own the server and do not want to use some existing cloud services.
• My Android application will perform searches on various fields of this database and present data to the user.
• The data that will be in the cloud is currently in ascii text files. What is the best way to download such data? Do I need to store each entry as a drop?
• Applications will only search / search for this data and DO NOT write to it.
• I also need to constantly update this data, say, at weekly intervals (outside the applications).
• How to open the API to receive data?

I look at examples of MBS and Photo Feed ... so I guess I need a combination of GAE, Google Cloud SQL / Data store..not sure?

Appreciate if you can direct me in the right direction with design thoughts and suggestions.

Answer 1

Take a look at Ragic .

• You can create your database on Ragic using the spreadsheet interface.
• All created database sheets have an HTTP API, which you can perform queries or full-text searches and returns JSON.
• It supports Excel / CSV import to import your data into the database.
• For regular updates, you can import the package with CSV for updates or simply use the spreadsheet interface.