Web api android

Fala galera, estou desenvolvendo meu TCC, estou com uma dificuldade. A minha aplicação consiste em um aplicativo para cadastro de produtos para venda. Terei um usuário que será o dono do estabelecimento, que irá postar esses produtos e o cliente final, que poderá visualizá-los e comprá-los.
A questão é: qual uma maneira mais tranquila de criar um web api para cadastro, tanto de usuários, quanto dos produtos?
Tentei utilizar o apache + php5 + mysql, porém não consegui fazer funcionar de jeito nenhum.
Se alguém puder me ajudar agradeço muito.
Valeu

Qual o problema exatamente? Onde está sua dúvida inicial? Apache, PHP, Android, MySQL? Não se embole nos estudos, estuda uma coisa de cada vez.

Se for sobre PHP: http://imasters.com.br/linguagens/php/aprenda-a-usar-o-restful-com-php-e-slim-framework/?trace=1519021197&source=single

A minha principal dificuldade está na parte do php e a comunicação do meu código android com ele. Quando faço a requisição ele não encontra os arquivos php(que estão localmente em minha máquina)
Mas na rela, quero saber outra maneira de fazer um api rest para minha aplicação. Qual a que teria uma menor curva de aprendizado.
Obrigado pelo link. Vou dar uma boa lida

Você conseguiu testar a API no navegador?

Testei, mas não retorna nada, fiz um phpinfo para teste e funcionou, então meu localhost está funcionando. Vou postar o código.

package com.example.gregmachado.panapp;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.android.volley.Request;
import com.android.volley.Response;
import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.app.AppConfig;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.app.AppController;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper.SQLiteHandler;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper.SessionManager;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Created by greg on 06/03/16.
 */
public class RegisterActivity extends Activity{
    private static final String TAG = RegisterActivity.class.getSimpleName();
    private Button btnRegister;
    private EditText inputName;
    private EditText inputEmail;
    private EditText inputPassword;
    private ProgressDialog pDialog;
    private SessionManager session;
    private SQLiteHandler db;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_register);

        inputName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_cadastre_name);
        inputEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_cadastre_email);
        inputPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_cadastre_pass);
        btnRegister = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_create_account);

        // Progress dialog
        pDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
        pDialog.setCancelable(false);

        // Session manager
        session = new SessionManager(getApplicationContext());

        // SQLite database handler
        db = new SQLiteHandler(getApplicationContext());

        // Check if user is already logged in or not
        if (session.isLoggedIn()) {
            // User is already logged in. Take him to main activity
            Intent intent = new Intent(RegisterActivity.this,
                    HomeUserActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);
            finish();
        }

        // Register Button Click event
        btnRegister.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View view) {
                String name = inputName.getText().toString().trim();
                String email = inputEmail.getText().toString().trim();
                String password = inputPassword.getText().toString().trim();

                if (!name.isEmpty() && !email.isEmpty() && !password.isEmpty()) {
                    registerUser(name, email, password);
                } else {
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                            "Por favor, preenche suas informações!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                            .show();
                }
            }
        });

    }

    /**
     * Function to store user in MySQL database will post params(tag, name,
     * email, password) to register url
     * */
    private void registerUser(final String name, final String email,
                              final String password) {
        // Tag used to cancel the request
        String tag_string_req = "req_register";

        pDialog.setMessage("Registrando ...");
        showDialog();

        StringRequest strReq = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST,
                AppConfig.URL_REGISTER, new Response.Listener<String>() {

            @Override
            public void onResponse(String response) {
                Log.d(TAG, "Register Response: " + response.toString());
                hideDialog();

                try {
                    JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject(response);
                    boolean error = jObj.getBoolean("error");
                    if (!error) {
                        // User successfully stored in MySQL
                        // Now store the user in sqlite
                        String uid = jObj.getString("uid");

                        JSONObject user = jObj.getJSONObject("user");
                        String name = user.getString("user_name");
                        String email = user.getString("user_email");
                        String created_at = user
                                .getString("created_at");

                        // Inserting row in users table
                        db.addUser(name, email, uid, created_at);

                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Usuário registrado com sucesso. Tente logar agora!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                        // Launch login activity
                        Intent intent = new Intent(
                                RegisterActivity.this,
                                LoginEmailActivity.class);
                        startActivity(intent);
                        finish();
                    } else {

                        // Error occurred in registration. Get the error
                        // message
                        String errorMsg = jObj.getString("error_msg");
                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                errorMsg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    }
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

            }
        }, new Response.ErrorListener() {

            @Override
            public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Registration Error: " + error.getMessage());
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                        error.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                hideDialog();
            }
        }) {

            @Override
            protected Map<String, String> getParams() {
                // Posting params to register url
                Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
                params.put("user_name", name);
                params.put("user_email", email);
                params.put("user_password", password);

                return params;
            }

        };

        // Adding request to request queue
        AppController.getInstance().addToRequestQueue(strReq, tag_string_req);
    }

    private void showDialog() {
        if (!pDialog.isShowing())
            pDialog.show();
    }

    private void hideDialog() {
        if (pDialog.isShowing())
            pDialog.dismiss();
    }
}

AppConfig

package com.example.gregmachado.panapp;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.android.volley.Request;
import com.android.volley.Response;
import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.app.AppConfig;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.app.AppController;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper.SQLiteHandler;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper.SessionManager;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Created by greg on 06/03/16.
 */
public class RegisterActivity extends Activity{
    private static final String TAG = RegisterActivity.class.getSimpleName();
    private Button btnRegister;
    private EditText inputName;
    private EditText inputEmail;
    private EditText inputPassword;
    private ProgressDialog pDialog;
    private SessionManager session;
    private SQLiteHandler db;

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_register);

        inputName = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_cadastre_name);
        inputEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_cadastre_email);
        inputPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_cadastre_pass);
        btnRegister = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_create_account);

        // Progress dialog
        pDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
        pDialog.setCancelable(false);

        // Session manager
        session = new SessionManager(getApplicationContext());

        // SQLite database handler
        db = new SQLiteHandler(getApplicationContext());

        // Check if user is already logged in or not
        if (session.isLoggedIn()) {
            // User is already logged in. Take him to main activity
            Intent intent = new Intent(RegisterActivity.this,
                    HomeUserActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);
            finish();
        }

        // Register Button Click event
        btnRegister.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View view) {
                String name = inputName.getText().toString().trim();
                String email = inputEmail.getText().toString().trim();
                String password = inputPassword.getText().toString().trim();

                if (!name.isEmpty() && !email.isEmpty() && !password.isEmpty()) {
                    registerUser(name, email, password);
                } else {
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                            "Por favor, preenche suas informações!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                            .show();
                }
            }
        });

    }

    /**
     * Function to store user in MySQL database will post params(tag, name,
     * email, password) to register url
     * */
    private void registerUser(final String name, final String email,
                              final String password) {
        // Tag used to cancel the request
        String tag_string_req = "req_register";

        pDialog.setMessage("Registrando ...");
        showDialog();

        StringRequest strReq = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST,
                AppConfig.URL_REGISTER, new Response.Listener<String>() {

            @Override
            public void onResponse(String response) {
                Log.d(TAG, "Register Response: " + response.toString());
                hideDialog();

                try {
                    JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject(response);
                    boolean error = jObj.getBoolean("error");
                    if (!error) {
                        // User successfully stored in MySQL
                        // Now store the user in sqlite
                        String uid = jObj.getString("uid");

                        JSONObject user = jObj.getJSONObject("user");
                        String name = user.getString("user_name");
                        String email = user.getString("user_email");
                        String created_at = user
                                .getString("created_at");

                        // Inserting row in users table
                        db.addUser(name, email, uid, created_at);

                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Usuário registrado com sucesso. Tente logar agora!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

                        // Launch login activity
                        Intent intent = new Intent(
                                RegisterActivity.this,
                                LoginEmailActivity.class);
                        startActivity(intent);
                        finish();
                    } else {

                        // Error occurred in registration. Get the error
                        // message
                        String errorMsg = jObj.getString("error_msg");
                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                errorMsg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    }
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

            }
        }, new Response.ErrorListener() {

            @Override
            public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Registration Error: " + error.getMessage());
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                        error.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                hideDialog();
            }
        }) {

            @Override
            protected Map<String, String> getParams() {
                // Posting params to register url
                Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
                params.put("user_name", name);
                params.put("user_email", email);
                params.put("user_password", password);

                return params;
            }

        };

        // Adding request to request queue
        AppController.getInstance().addToRequestQueue(strReq, tag_string_req);
    }

    private void showDialog() {
        if (!pDialog.isShowing())
            pDialog.show();
    }

    private void hideDialog() {
        if (pDialog.isShowing())
            pDialog.dismiss();
    }
}

SessionManager

package com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.util.Log;

/**
 * Created by gregmachado on 20/03/16.
 */
public class SessionManager {

    // LogCat tag
    private static String TAG = SessionManager.class.getSimpleName();

    // Shared Preferences
    SharedPreferences pref;

    SharedPreferences.Editor editor;
    Context _context;

    // Shared pref mode
    int PRIVATE_MODE = 0;

    // Shared preferences file name
    private static final String PREF_NAME = "PanAppLogin";

    private static final String KEY_IS_LOGGED_IN = "isLoggedIn";

    public SessionManager(Context context) {
        this._context = context;
        pref = _context.getSharedPreferences(PREF_NAME, PRIVATE_MODE);
        editor = pref.edit();
    }

    public void setLogin(boolean isLoggedIn) {

        editor.putBoolean(KEY_IS_LOGGED_IN, isLoggedIn);

        // commit changes
        editor.commit();

        Log.d(TAG, "User login session modified!");
    }

    public boolean isLoggedIn(){
        return pref.getBoolean(KEY_IS_LOGGED_IN, false);
    }
}

LoginDataBaseAdapter

package com.example.gregmachado.panapp.adapter;

import android.content.ContentValues;
import android.content.Context;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteDatabase;
import android.database.sqlite.SQLiteOpenHelper;
import android.util.Log;

import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper.DataBaseHelper;

import java.sql.SQLException;

/**
 * Created by gregmachado on 20/03/16.
 */
public class LoginDataBaseAdapter {

    static final String DATABASE_NAME = "login.db";
    static final int DATABASE_VERSION = 1;
    public static final int NAME_COLUMN = 1;
    public static final String DATABASE_CREATE = "create table " + "LOGIN" + "( "
            + "ID" + " integer primary key autoincrement,"
            + "USERNAME  text,PASSWORD text,EMAIL text); ";
    public SQLiteDatabase db;
    private final Context context;
    private DataBaseHelper dbHelper;

    public LoginDataBaseAdapter(Context _context) {
        context = _context;
        dbHelper = new DataBaseHelper(context, DATABASE_NAME, null,
                DATABASE_VERSION);
    }

    public LoginDataBaseAdapter open() throws SQLException {
        db = dbHelper.getWritableDatabase();
        return this;
    }

    public void close() {
        db.close();
    }

    public SQLiteDatabase getDatabaseInstance() {
        return db;
    }

    public void insertEntry(String userName, String password, String email) {
        ContentValues newValues = new ContentValues();
        newValues.put("USERNAME", userName);
        newValues.put("PASSWORD", password);
        newValues.put("EMAIL", email);
        db.insert("LOGIN", null, newValues);

    }

    public int deleteEntry(String UserName) {

        String where = "USERNAME=?";
        int numberOFEntriesDeleted = db.delete("LOGIN", where,
                new String[]{UserName});
        return numberOFEntriesDeleted;
    }

    public String getSinlgeEntry(String userEmail) {
        Cursor cursor = db.query("LOGIN", null, " EMAIL=?",
                new String[]{userEmail}, null, null, null);
        if (cursor.getCount() < 1) {
            cursor.close();
            return "NOT EXIST";
        }
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        String password = cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("PASSWORD"));
        cursor.close();
        return password;
    }

    public void updateEntry(String userName, String password) {
        ContentValues updatedValues = new ContentValues();
        updatedValues.put("USERNAME", userName);
        updatedValues.put("PASSWORD", password);

        String where = "USERNAME = ?";
        db.update("LOGIN", updatedValues, where, new String[]{userName});
    }
}

LoginActivity

package com.example.gregmachado.panapp;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.android.volley.Request;
import com.android.volley.Response;
import com.android.volley.VolleyError;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.StringRequest;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.app.AppConfig;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.app.AppController;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper.SQLiteHandler;
import com.example.gregmachado.panapp.helper.SessionManager;

import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Created by greg on 05/03/16.
 */
public class LoginEmailActivity extends Activity {

    private static final String TAG = RegisterActivity.class.getSimpleName();

    private EditText inputEmail;
    private EditText inputPassword;
    private ProgressDialog pDialog;
    private SessionManager session;
    private SQLiteHandler db;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_login_email);

        inputEmail = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_login_email);
        inputPassword = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et_login_senha);

        // Progress dialog
        pDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
        pDialog.setCancelable(false);

        // SQLite database handler
        db = new SQLiteHandler(getApplicationContext());

        // Session manager
        session = new SessionManager(getApplicationContext());

        // Check if user is already logged in or not
        if (session.isLoggedIn()) {
            // User is already logged in. Take him to main activity
            Intent intent = new Intent(LoginEmailActivity.this, HomeUserActivity.class);
            startActivity(intent);
            finish();
        }

        Button btnLogin = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_sign);
        btnLogin.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                String email = inputEmail.getText().toString().trim();
                String password = inputPassword.getText().toString().trim();

                // Check for empty data in the form
                if (!email.isEmpty() && !password.isEmpty()) {
                    // login user
                    checkLogin(email, password);
                } else {
                    // Prompt user to enter credentials
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                            "Por favor, insira as credenciais!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
                            .show();
                }
            }

        });

        Button btnRegister = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_sign_up);
        btnRegister.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(View v) {
                Intent intent = new Intent(LoginEmailActivity.this, RegisterActivity.class);
                startActivity(intent);
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * function to verify login details in mysql db
     */
    private void checkLogin(final String email, final String password) {
        // Tag used to cancel the request
        String tag_string_req = "req_login";

        pDialog.setMessage("Autenticando ...");
        showDialog();

        StringRequest strReq = new StringRequest(Request.Method.POST,
                AppConfig.URL_LOGIN, new Response.Listener<String>() {

            @Override
            public void onResponse(String response) {
                Log.d(TAG, "Login Response: " + response.toString());
                hideDialog();

                try {
                    JSONObject jObj = new JSONObject(response);
                    boolean error = jObj.getBoolean("error");

                    // Check for error node in json
                    if (!error) {
                        // user successfully logged in
                        // Create login session
                        session.setLogin(true);

                        // Now store the user in SQLite
                        String uid = jObj.getString("uid");

                        JSONObject user = jObj.getJSONObject("user");
                        String name = user.getString("user_name");
                        String email = user.getString("user_email");
                        String created_at = user
                                .getString("created_at");

                        // Inserting row in users table
                        db.addUser(name, email, uid, created_at);

                        // Launch main activity
                        Intent intent = new Intent(LoginEmailActivity.this,
                                HomeUserActivity.class);
                        startActivity(intent);
                        finish();
                    } else {
                        // Error in login. Get the error message
                        String errorMsg = jObj.getString("error_msg");
                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                                errorMsg, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    }
                } catch (JSONException e) {
                    // JSON error
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Json error: " + e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                }

            }
        }, new Response.ErrorListener() {

            @Override
            public void onErrorResponse(VolleyError error) {
                Log.e(TAG, "Login Error: " + error.getMessage());
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
                        error.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                hideDialog();
            }
        }) {

            @Override
            protected Map<String, String> getParams() {
                // Posting parameters to login url
                Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
                params.put("user_email", email);
                params.put("user_password", password);

                return params;
            }

        };

        // Adding request to request queue
        AppController.getInstance().addToRequestQueue(strReq, tag_string_req);
    }

    private void showDialog() {
        if (!pDialog.isShowing())
            pDialog.show();
    }

    private void hideDialog() {
        if (pDialog.isShowing())
            pDialog.dismiss();
    }
}

Se precisar de alguma outra classe só falar

Vê um problema de cada vez, faz funcionar a API antes de chegar na parte do Android. A maneira mais fácil é testar no navegador e debugar sua aplicação no servidor.

vou fazer isso