1 Android BasicSyncAdapter Sample 2 =================================== 3 4 This sample demonstrates using SyncAdapter to fetch background 5 data for an app. It covers the creation of the required Service 6 that the OS uses to initiate the background data sync as well as 7 scheduling syncs with background data. 8 9 Introduction 10 ------------ 11 12 This sample demonstrates using SyncAdapter to fetch background data 13 for an app. SyncAdapters can be used to execute your data transfer 14 code at configurable intervals, while efficiently using battery and 15 other system resources. 16 17 This sample implements all the required elements of a sync adapter. 18 - Creates a sync adapter class. 19 - Creates a bound Service which the OS uses to initiate a sync. 20 - Defines the sync adapter properties in an XML resource file. 21 - Declares the bound Service in the app manifest. 22 23 For more on SyncAdapters refer to [Transferring Data Using Sync Adapters][1] 24 25 [1]: http://developer.android.com/training/sync-adapters/index.html 26 27 Pre-requisites 28 -------------- 29 30 - Android SDK v21 31 - Android Build Tools v21.1.1 32 - Android Support Repository 33 34 Screenshots 35 ------------- 36 37 <img src="screenshots/main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 38 39 Getting Started 40 --------------- 41 42 This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the 43 "gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio. 44 45 Support 46 ------- 47 48 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968 49 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 50 51 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue: 52 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-BasicSyncAdapter 53 54 Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and 55 submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details. 56 57 License 58 ------- 59 60 Copyright 2014 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. 61 62 Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor 63 license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for 64 additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this 65 file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not 66 use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 67 the License at 68 69 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 70 71 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 72 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 73 WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 74 License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 75 the License. 76
