Java – 2008 Communication between SQL Server databases and Android applications

I’ve read a lot on this topic, and now I’ve come to the conclusion that to communicate between a 2008 SQL Server database and an Android application, I need to create a RESTful service that sits in the middle of the object that returns JSON.

Am I right in saying this?

Yes, you need to make a server application to get the data and go back to the Android application. JSON lets you return complex objects.