1 2 Android BasicSyncAdapter Sample 3 =================================== 4 5 This sample demonstrates using SyncAdapter to fetch background 6 data for an app. It covers the creation of the required Service 7 that the OS uses to initiate the background data sync as well as 8 scheduling syncs with background data. 9 10 Introduction 11 ------------ 12 13 This sample demonstrates using SyncAdapter to fetch background data 14 for an app. SyncAdapters can be used to execute your data transfer 15 code at configurable intervals, while efficiently using battery and 16 other system resources. 17 18 This sample implements all the required elements of a sync adapter. 19 - Creates a sync adapter class. 20 - Creates a bound Service which the OS uses to initiate a sync. 21 - Defines the sync adapter properties in an XML resource file. 22 - Declares the bound Service in the app manifest. 23 24 For more on SyncAdapters refer to [Transferring Data Using Sync Adapters][1] 25 26 [1]: http://developer.android.com/training/sync-adapters/index.html 27 28 Pre-requisites 29 -------------- 30 31 - Android SDK 24 32 - Android Build Tools v24.0.2 33 - Android Support Repository 34 35 Screenshots 36 ------------- 37 38 <img src="screenshots/main.png" height="400" alt="Screenshot"/> 39 40 Getting Started 41 --------------- 42 43 This sample uses the Gradle build system. To build this project, use the 44 "gradlew build" command or use "Import Project" in Android Studio. 45 46 Support 47 ------- 48 49 - Google+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/105153134372062985968 50 - Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android 51 52 If you've found an error in this sample, please file an issue: 53 https://github.com/googlesamples/android-BasicSyncAdapter 54 55 Patches are encouraged, and may be submitted by forking this project and 56 submitting a pull request through GitHub. Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for more details. 57 58 License 59 ------- 60 61 Copyright 2016 The Android Open Source Project, Inc. 62 63 Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor 64 license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with this work for 65 additional information regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this 66 file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not 67 use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of 68 the License at 69 70 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 71 72 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 73 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT 74 WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the 75 License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under 76 the License. 77