general sync settings “auto-sync” checkbox programmatically

Question

I am looking for a way to enable/disable the \"auto-sync\" checkbox in the \"general sync settings\".

Afair the stock power control widget has this feature too. If

Answer 1

I am looking for a way to enable/disable the "auto-sync" checkbox in the "general sync settings".

UPDATE

Try setMasterSyncAutomatically() on ContentResolver.

Answer 2

ContentResolver.setMasterSyncAutomatically(true); // enables AutoSync

You should also add this

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS" />

to your AndroidManifest.xml file.