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chrome.storage.sync on android #74

Open kzahel opened 10 years ago

kzahel commented 10 years ago

it would be super freaking cool if chrome.storage.sync were implemented on android, so you could sync data between a chrome app and an android app.

mmocny commented 10 years ago

This is at the top of our wishlist as well.

I investigated this for a few weeks last year, but the chromium sync module is a little too tightly coupled to your chrome-for-desktop user profile at the moment since the component was never really designed for embedding outside chrome. This is a non-trivial effort to get right, but all parties involved do have a desire to see it happen. Will likely allocate some time on this effort in a few months, but its unlikely to land in the near term -- sorry!

As one alternative: syncFileSystem is supported on all platforms.

meeDamian commented 9 years ago

@mmocny Any updates on that?

mmocny commented 9 years ago

Yes.. but its not good news. We investigated building the chrome sync component for android and bundling it as a cordova plugin, but came to a few technical limitations that made this impractical.

That said, while chrome.storage.sync is a quick and simple way to sync simple storage across accounts and platforms, there are many viable alternatives these days (including Firebase, Parse, Meteor... or this list) which you can roll for your app that will work across Desktop, iOS, and Android.

Hope you can find a solution without too much hassle..