The only solution I’ve found is to manually clear out the data stored in the system’s accounts.db. Run the following from the command line to clear out all account grants on the system. For the emulator: adb -e shell ‘sqlite3 /data/system/accounts.db “delete from grants;”‘ For a device (must be rooted and have the sqlite3 binary … Read more
The following code shows a possible solution. Calling the synchronizeContact method will lead to adding the link in the contact app. Note it is not yet robust code but it shows the idea and is working. Note also the following two POJO classes are specific to my implementation and not essential to the working of … Read more
Something like this should work: AccountManager manager = (AccountManager) getSystemService(ACCOUNT_SERVICE); Account[] list = manager.getAccounts(); String gmail = null; for(Account account: list) { if(account.type.equalsIgnoreCase(“com.google”)) { gmail = account.name; break; } } And you will need the following permission in your manifest: <uses-permission android:name=”android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS”></uses-permission> Remember to ‘Requesting Permissions at Run Time’ if you support Android 6 and … Read more
This question is a bit old, but I think it is still of good interest. AccountManager, SyncAdapter and ContentProvidergo together. You cannot have a SyncAdapter without an Account in the AccountManager. You cannot have a SyncAdapterwithout a ContentProvider. But you can: use the ContentProvider without the others. use the AccountManager without the others (but you … Read more