title: KSoap2 or RESTful web services with android
body: <p>What is the best way to deal with web services in Android? 
  I have been looking at KSoap2 library and RESTful web services.</p>
  
  <p>I got one working with KSoap2, but only when the web service is on a remote server, not on localhost. I have tried to redirect the ports for incoming and outgoing as it says on the android dev site, i have used the ip of the network i am on, my own ip and the localhost-ip (it says on the site that one cannot use localhost cause that is the emulators own loop-back network. None works. </p>
  
  <p>With RESTful webservices, i have only tried a tutorial where a google app engine is used as server if i understood it right. Is it easy to connect a RESTful web service to a database. I need to have a database connection in my applikation, which one is normally used with REST?</p>
  
  <p>Sorry for the confused question, it's been many days of trying to sort just the alternatives out, and the more I look the confused I get. </p>
  
  <p>THanks in advance for any help!
  /AK</p>