Android Chat room Application

Can anyone suggest me how to go forward (HOWTO guide/Steps) to create an android chatroom/chat application? "Client开发者_StackOverflow中文版-server app" I am not able to start because I read something about jetty webserver but I couldn understand much how to start. any help is appreciated.

Thanks a lot for the help, Rohit

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You should look for XMPP information. You have great servers out there, free to use, like openfire, and client libraries for Android like asmack.