Abstract— Android is currently the fastest growing mobile
platform. One of the fastest growing areas in Android
applications is Location Based Service (LBS). LBS provides
information services based on the current or a known location
and is supported by the Mobile positioning system. Presently,
MOSDAC (Meteorological and Oceanographic Satellite Data
Archival Centre) disseminates the weather forecast information
through web. Android is one of the most widely used mobile OS
these days and that is the reason why it is the best practice to
develop application on Android platform. The application for
disseminating location based weather forecast is a client-server
application on Android platform. It provides weather forecast
information as per user’s location or location of interest. While
developing a client-server application, the communication
between client and database server becomes imperative. This
paper discusses detailed analysis for choosing appropriate type of
web service, data exchange protocols, data exchange format, and
Mobile positioning technologies for client-server application. It
also highlights issues like memory capacity, security, poor
response time, and battery consumption in mobile devices. This
paper is about exploring effective options to establish the
dissemination service over smart phones with Android OS.