Transferring data wirelessly between phone and PC

[WWGD]

TL;DR Summary

I have a small project to transfer data wirelessly from an App to my PC. I have a sketch of how to go about it. Hoping someone can check if it's roughly correct.

Hi,
I'm trying to find a way of sending data in real time , Wirelessly ,from my Step Tracker App in my Samsung Android to my PC.

I have a rough idea on how to do it. Would like to see if I'm roughly on the right track:

So I need to have the same program version on the PC as in my phone. Then I need to create an inbound rule in my PCs firewall allowing data from the Samsung app. I haven't been able to find an ' Export' function on the App. If there's one, I can create a connection string to create a path for the data.

Am I roughly on the right track?

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Are you the developer of the Android app in question? More specifically, do you have access to its source code?

If the answer is "no", a few more questions:

So I need to have the same program version on the PC as in my phone.

So, the devs have released a version for PC as well? Then they should have an option to connect the two within the app itself. But you say:

I haven't been able to find an ' Export' function on the App.

Does that mean the app inherently does not have any option to connect to the PC version?

Could you please also link to the app?

In general, it is impossible for an outsider to get hold of the internal database of an app because of how Android is built (i.e. assuming your phone is not rooted). That would be a security vulnerability. If the app stores its data somewhere in the user-accessible folders, however, you could design another app to grab and send that data.

 

[WWGD]

Are you the developer of the Android app in question? More specifically, do you have access to its source code?

If the answer is "no", a few more questions:

So, the devs have released a version for PC as well? Then they should have an option to connect the two within the app itself. But you say:

Does that mean the app inherently does not have any option to connect to the PC version?

Could you please also link to the app?

In general, it is impossible for an outsider to get hold of the internal database of an app because of how Android is built (i.e. assuming your phone is not rooted). That would be a security vulnerability. If the app stores its data somewhere in the user-accessible folders, however, you could design another app to grab and send that data.

Thank you. It's more of a pet project of mine than an effort at actually developing an app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ss.walkingtracker.pedometer&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Thank you. It's more of a pet project of mine than an effort at actually developing an app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ss.walkingtracker.pedometer&hl=en&gl=US&pli=1

That's an impressive pet project indeed, with 10M+ downloads and 639k reviews, averaging 4.9! If it's your app, I guess all the discussion becomes needless. How you want to connect it to the PC version is completely up to you, isn't it? That makes it more of a programming question than a technology question. You have your servers running, then you just need to relay data between the mobile and the server, and then with the server and PC in real time.