Toggle on auto-sync progarammatically in Android

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May be this question is asked about 2-4 year ago.Still m not satisfied.My problem is: "how to turn on/off auto Sync Programmatically".I dont want any specific data to synchronous.Just want to know Is that possible to enable or disable Auto-sync programmatically ? If possible, then How? Can anyone give me Example?

which is shown like this on Android Screen: enter image description here

What is the use of ContentResolver.setSyncAutomatically(account, authority, true); in auto-sync?

Thanks in Advance.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 06 '13 at 03:55

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I guess you are talking about gmail auto sync the email right ? One way is setMasterSyncAutomatically() (ContentResolver), applies to all the accounts (and providers). If you set this off/false you can disable all the syncs.

This is what we have from android documentation.

public static void setMasterSyncAutomatically (boolean sync)

Added in API level 5
Sets the master auto-sync setting that applies to all the providers and accounts. If this is false then the per-provider auto-sync setting is ignored.

This method requires the caller to hold the permission WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS.

Parameters
sync    the master auto-sync setting that applies to all the providers and accounts

answered Jul 06 '13 at 03:55

Siddharth

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ContentResolver.setMasterSyncAutomatically(true); is it like this?..so i need to add only this line in my Class? – Bhoomika Brahmbhatt Jul 06 '13 at 04:16
frankly its a rude practice to change settings programmatically you should ask for permission from the user before you do so. – Siddharth Jul 06 '13 at 06:57
go ahead and try it out, it should work. To test it ensure that you switch off all sync before you run your app. – Siddharth Jul 06 '13 at 06:57
It does not help – Alexey Nikitin Jan 17 '20 at 11:05

Toggle on auto-sync progarammatically in Android

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