IoT cloud architecture

By now we have explored how to develop Android Things apps that are self-contained. In other words, we have built Android Things apps that do not communicate with external systems or platforms. The data acquired through the sensors are managed locally. There are other scenarios where the Android Things app sends the data acquired to the cloud so that this information is analyzed and integrated with other kinds of data producing new services. In this scenario, the IoT platforms play an important role. Before digging into the IoT cloud architecture details and describing how to integrate Android Things with these platforms, it is important to clarify what we mean by the IoT cloud platform.

An IoT cloud platform overview

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