A curious case of SyncAdapter syncing

By Andrei Catinean in android on

tl;dr Any modification (add, remove, change password) to any Account from the AccountManager will trigger a sync for all of the system's SyncAdapters, including the one you've just created in your app! Context In my attempt to better understand how a SyncAdapter works, I've followed the official documentation [http:…

Force your SyncAdapter to sync

By Andrei Catinean in android on

NOTE: This is not a tutorial of what is or how to create your own SyncAdapter. If you're looking for this, the Android developer doc [http://developer.android.com/training/sync-adapters/index.html] is your friend! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've been recently playing with SyncAdapter and I found myself in the situation…