Good call, I was remiss not to mention this :-) kris
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > There are also Android-specific parts for this -- C2DM is how the various > Google services tell the device that there are changes they need to sync, > and most of the on-device code is built around ContentProvider and > SyncAdapter. > > > On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Kristopher Micinski > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Look into both Google App Engine, and "Parse" for web backends which >> simplify this kind of thing. >> >> And yes, your question falls along the very popular line of >> consistency and replication in distributed systems, there are other >> services as well, Amazon's S3, etc... >> >> kris >> >> On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Thomas Holmes >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I apologize if this question has been asked before a thousand times. >> > I'm getting back into Android Development, I have a few Android >> > phones, and a few tablets to work with. I have been doing Java for a >> > long time now, and I have Eclipse and the Android SDK all running on >> > my linux laptop. >> > >> > Since I have a phone and multiple tablets, I log into all of them with >> > my Google email and password. >> > On my phone and on my tablet, when I get an email it is synced with >> > both devices. >> > When I update my Google Calendar with my desktop, both of my devices >> > get synced with that updated Google Calendar data. Or, if I use my >> > tablet or phone to enter a new appt in my Google Calendar, that appt >> > gets uploaded/synced, and then the calendar gets updated on my phone. >> > >> > I can presume that the Google GMail, or Calendar have central >> > databases on the server side. There is a sync service that works on >> > making sure my multiple devices all get the same data. This is the >> > magic I am looking for. >> > >> > So, lets day I create a database on my server to centrally store >> > data. Then I want to create an android app that lets me sign-in so I >> > authenticate to the application, enter new data from my phone, tablet, >> > or other android device, and then send that data to the central >> > database. If I do this from one device, I want my other devices to >> > routinely look at that central database to see if there is new data, >> > and then bring that down to that device. >> > >> > Is there an API to accommodate this? I didn't know if there were any >> > classes that already exist to handle syncing data from a central >> > service to multiple devices? I think there is a Notification API, >> > but I don't know if that is really what I am looking for. Or, do I >> > have to code myself an API that handles syncing in my own way? >> > >> > Thanks for any help or tips on this!! >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Android Developers" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Android Developers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
