synchronization - Own sync adapter for Android?

Question

The press release of Android 2.0 states that the new release supports sync adapters so that emails and calendars cannot only be synced with gmail and exchange. However, there is no information available online how to write such a sync adapter. Has anyone tried it and some example code available?

Answer 1

These two articles by Sam Steele (January 23rd, 2010) are about the implementation of the last.fm sync adapter. Do not miss the second part and the opensource projects that are mentioned at the end of the articles.

• http://www.c99.org/2010/01/23/writing-an-android-sync-provider-part-1/
• http://www.c99.org/2010/01/23/writing-an-android-sync-provider-part-2/
• https://github.com/c99koder/lastfm-android/
• https://github.com/c99koder/AndroidSyncProviderDemo