add an IPC for sync initialization

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/core/java/android/content/AbstractThreadedSyncAdapter.java b/core/java/android/content/AbstractThreadedSyncAdapter.java
index fb6091a..0db6155 100644
--- a/core/java/android/content/AbstractThreadedSyncAdapter.java
+++ b/core/java/android/content/AbstractThreadedSyncAdapter.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Process;
 import android.os.NetStat;
 import android.os.IBinder;
+import android.os.RemoteException;
 import android.util.EventLog;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractThreadedSyncAdapter {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public void initialize(Account account, String authority) throws RemoteException {
+            Bundle extras = new Bundle();
+            extras.putBoolean(ContentResolver.SYNC_EXTRAS_INITIALIZE, true);
+            startSync(null, authority, account, extras);
+        }
     }
 
     /**