HI,

is there a way for an app to know when a data sync happens?

It would be just great to be able to Register a BroadcastReceiver and
handle that action, in my case instead of fire a data synchronization
i would like to detect when it happens.

is it possible?

On Jan 25, 6:59 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> You don't need to force a sync, when data changes on the servers the device
> is told and will get it.
>
> This action probably should never have been made public, and I don't think
> it does anything at this point.
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Vikas1976 <vikas.shah.1...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I am on board with this.  I have an app that sends a new entry to
> > Google Calendar in the cloud; I would like to be able to force a sync
> > with Google after adding the entry so that the entry shows up in the
> > user's calendar on the device shortly after being added.  Is there
> > anyone who has experience using ACTION_SYNC to let us know what sort
> > of other information e.g. category or data that needs to be passed to
> > the resolver in the intent to let the phone know to sync with Google?
> > Does anyone know if the AccountManager is a way to get this done?
>
> > Vikas
>
> > On Jan 20, 12:20 pm, Arno den Hond <arnodenh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > i would like to trigger the "synchronize now" feature (in the sync
> > > settings screen) from my app.
> > > i have found Intent.ACTION_SYNCbut the documentation states
>
> > > Activity Action: Perform a data synchronization.
> > > Input: ?
> > > Output: ?
>
> > > after creating the intent according to the action name, i used
> > > PackageManager's queryIntentActivities method (with flag
> > > GET_INTENT_FILTERS) and found that no ResolveInfo objects are returned
>
> > > ideas on how to perform a data synchronization would be greatly
> > > appreciated
>
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