Re: [android-developers] Re: Using SyncAdapter for syncing application data

2010-06-24 Thread Connick
p.s. I should add to this that if u set to sync automatically ...it can respond to a network tickle pre-2.2. At least according to the docs. I would guess this would work via google's cloud messaging. -Stace On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:25 AM, Connick wrote: > I've been using a sync adapter for a

Re: [android-developers] Re: Using SyncAdapter for syncing application data

2010-06-23 Thread Connick
I've been using a sync adapter for application data and it worked out really well. The downside is that there is no API to set the sync interval unless you're targeting froyo. (at least to my knowledge) Kind of defeats the purpose. I've had to roll with alarm manager for pre-froyo clients. My main

[android-developers] Re: Using SyncAdapter for syncing application data

2010-06-23 Thread Hugo Visser
Let me clarify: In this case I don't need or want to have the sync be very visible. I just want to enter some data on the device and sync it to the server eventually, so when the network connection is available. Batching would be OK too. Because that's kind of like editing a contact or updating a c