AndroidManifest.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="com.example.android.basicsyncadapter"
    android:versionCode="1"
    android:versionName="1.0">

    <!-- SyncAdapters are available in API 5 and above. We use API 7 as a baseline for samples. -->
    <!-- Min/target SDK versions (<uses-sdk>) managed by build.gradle -->

    <!-- Required for fetching feed data. -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <!-- Required to register a SyncStatusObserver to display a "syncing..." progress indicator. -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_SYNC_STATS"/>
    <!-- Required to enable our SyncAdapter after it's created. -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS"/>
    <!-- Required because we're manually creating a new account. -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS"/>


    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >

        <!-- Main activity, responsible for showing a list of feed entries. -->
        <activity
            android:name=".EntryListActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <!-- This intent filter places this activity in the system's app launcher. -->
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <!-- ContentProvider to store feed data.

        The "authorities" here are defined as part of a ContentProvider interface. It's used here
        as an attachment point for the SyncAdapter. See res/xml/syncadapter.xml and
        SyncService.java.

        Since this ContentProvider is not exported, it will not be accessible outside of this app's
        package. -->
        <provider
            android:name=".provider.FeedProvider"
            android:authorities="com.example.android.basicsyncadapter"
            android:exported="false" />

        <!-- This service implements our SyncAdapter. It needs to be exported, so that the system
        sync framework can access it. -->
        <service android:name=".SyncService"
            android:exported="true">
            <!-- This intent filter is required. It allows the system to launch our sync service
            as needed. -->
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.content.SyncAdapter" />
            </intent-filter>
            <!-- This points to a required XML file which describes our SyncAdapter. -->
            <meta-data android:name="android.content.SyncAdapter"
                android:resource="@xml/syncadapter" />
        </service>

        <!-- This implements the account we'll use as an attachment point for our SyncAdapter. Since
        our SyncAdapter doesn't need to authenticate the current user (it just fetches a public RSS
        feed), this account's implementation is largely empty.

        It's also possible to attach a SyncAdapter to an existing account provided by another
        package. In that case, this element could be omitted here. -->
        <service android:name="com.example.android.common.accounts.GenericAccountService">
            <!-- Required filter used by the system to launch our account service. -->
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator" />
            </intent-filter>
            <!-- This points to an XMLf ile which describes our account service. -->
            <meta-data android:name="android.accounts.AccountAuthenticator"
                android:resource="@xml/authenticator" />
        </service>

    </application>

</manifest>