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Is there any way to establish a direct connection between 2 mobile devices over internet?

In the company I’m working we have our own iOSAndroidWP apps which allow our employees to share a certain type of files to each other. This app works through our server but recently we encountered a situation when some of our employees need to reach to each other, they’re even in the same building, but can’t due to a restricted connection to the internet outside of the country. Installing a server in this country is out of the question so now we’re looking for an alternative solution.

Is there any way to establish a direct connection between 2 mobile devices over internet?

In the company I’m working we have our own iOSAndroidWP apps which allow our employees to share a certain type of files to each other. This app works through our server but recently we encountered a situation when some of our employees need to reach to each other, they’re even in the same building, but can’t due to a restricted connection to the internet outside of the country. Installing a server in this country is out of the question so now we’re looking for an alternative solution.

Is it possible to implement a RESTful API with a protocol other than HTTP(S)?

I was confused by the distinction between REST and HTTP, and I found this article that cleared things up for me. In summary, it explained that REST is a set of general principles for web communication, whereas HTTP is a specific application-layer internet protocol. The article pointed out that HTTP lends itself to following REST principles, but there are plenty of examples where applications violate REST while using HTTP.

Should non-browser applications connect to a URL?

I have written a game that users will download. When the game is started, I want it to automatically connect to the matchmaking server. Does that mean that, somewhere in the source code for the game, I should have something like