Although I am developing Android apps, I am a newbie to the world of Java servers. My apps have been using internal SMS messaging to allow the phones to talk to each other. This worked wonderfully until KitKat broke all that. Now I'm looking at GoogleCloudMessaging (GCM) using Cloud Connection Server that uses XMPP.
The Google docs cover about everything I would need to know except that they, mysteriously, stay away from telling how to actually implement my GCM XMPP server. (See https://developer.android.com/google/gcm/ccs.html)
All the other tutorials on the internet also avoid covering this issue.
So, my questions are: Is Openfire a platform that would be good for hosting my GCM CCS XMPP Server? Has anyone used Openfire for this purpose?
While testing I would want to host on my dev box but soon I would need a commercial server hoster.
Thanks,
Gary