I'm developing an Android application for internal communication purposes.
The company has a SAP software, so the app should be connected to this SAP software.
Investigating through the web, I found a lot of ways for creating the app using the SAP Mobile Platform, but I'm looking for a simple and cheap way that doesn't require licensing.
Are there any option for connecting to a SAP database from Android? What should be the approach like?
I'm kind of new to SAP landscape, so any tip will be welcomed.
EDIT: I think, one approach could be to develop a Web Service in SAP and expose it. Then consume it from the app. Is this good enough?
A SAP system has API:s available for consumption over HTTP. You can connect to any of those or have an SAP developer create dedicated API:s for your use case. Normally they come as Web Services or OData services.
As long as your mobile device is on the same network as the SAP system, API:s can easily be consumed. If not, this turns into an infrastructure project as well.