How to send SOAP request Android?

What is the difference between REST and SOAP?

• I am trying to send an image from android device to sever which is based on .NET, which should I consider REST or SOAP and how much will be the performance variation?

• Answer:

  SOAP stands for Simple Object Access Protocol. REST stands for REpresentational State Transfer. SOAP is a protocol, which says how client and server will communicate that is the way they will exchange information. REST is a software architectural style (concept) as how the system should be designed to solve common occurring problems in many applications. Even though an architectural pattern conveys an image of a system, it is not an                  architecture.        REST is simply a concept and protocol for exchanging information is up to         implementer.     3. SOAP protocol uses XML as a medium for exchanging information between            client and server.                    REST keeps it open to implementer as what protocol they want to use.           Protocol here is not fixed, Implementer can use XML, JSON Plain text, HTML           etc as a medium for exchanging information between client and server.      4. One of the most important point is, SOAP uses services interfaces to expose the             business logic.           @WebService              interface WeatherService{                   @WebMethod                    public String getWeather(String cityName);            }            In SOAP, we expose the above WeatherService interface and operation inside it.           For above sample service, getWeather() method is exposed to outside world           which take city name as input and return weather details as output.          In REST, intsead of Service interface, URI are exposed to outside world.         @Path("/WeatherService")          class WeatherService{                    @Path("/GetWeather/{cityName}                      public String getWeather(@PathParam("cityName") String cityName){                                           ....                      }           }        So the URI to invoke above method will be:         http://<AppName>:<Port>/WeatherService/GetWeather/<Bangalore       5.  SOAP defines much standards that need to strictly followed for              communication.          Eg: Any exceptions in communication from service should go in Fault section.         REST does not define too much standards like SOAP and implementer can have          there own way of implementing things.Read all captured important differences here: http://javabypatel.blogspot.in/2016/02/difference-between-soap-and-rest-service.html