android - How to show sync failed message

Question

I've build a contacts sync adapter. It's all working fine but I need one more thing. If for some reason the sync does not complete successfully, I want to show a message like Google account is showing when the sync fails

Answer 1

The solution was to set the delay on the sync result. After this delay the sync will be restarted.

try {
    DO THE SYNCHRONIZATION
} catch (AuthenticationException e) {
    Log.e(TAG, "AuthenticationException");
    syncResult.stats.numAuthExceptions++;
    syncResult.delayUntil = 180;
} catch (ParseException e) {
    Log.e(TAG, "ParseException");
    syncResult.stats.numParseExceptions++;
} catch (IOException e) {
    Log.e(TAG, "IOException");
    syncResult.stats.numIoExceptions++;
    syncResult.delayUntil = 180;
}