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I want to create my own SyncAdapter, that syncs information from my app with some server.
The thing is – I want the sync itself to run from my own application’s context, using my own connection to the DB, w/o the need to access my DB using a ContentProvider.
Is that possible?
Thank you,
Udi
Short answer: No, it’s not possible.
Long answer: The Android platform’s model for sync is to link a user Account to a ContentProvider through a SyncAdapter. You can’t set up the XML tags in AndroidManifest to be read by the Android platform without having set up all three.
Biased answer: You should never write an app with a local DB. ContentProvider is by far the way to go, for the reasons listed here.