How to perform background sync task if I were using GoogleSignIn + DriveClient

Question

Our users have a chance to login, to authorize the app access to their Google Drive. We implement based on GoogleSignIn and DriveClient. (Not the yet another deprecated API GoogleApiClient)

https://developers.google.com/drive/android/auth

After the users quit the app, we would like to Google Drive sync process still work seamlessly in background, without further user/UI interaction. (Able to handle case when login token is expired/invalid after few days/hours)

May I know how to achieve so. Any code example is appreciated.

Answer 1

silentSignIn is the key to the solution. We also need to handle edge case, when silentSignIn failed. Here's the real world code snippet.

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public static GoogleSignInClient buildGoogleSignInClient() {
    GoogleSignInOptions signInOptions =
            new GoogleSignInOptions.Builder(GoogleSignInOptions.DEFAULT_SIGN_IN)
                    .requestScopes(Drive.SCOPE_APPFOLDER)
                    .build();
    return GoogleSignIn.getClient(WeNoteApplication.instance(), signInOptions);
}

public static boolean silentSignInThenSync(SyncViewModel syncViewModel, boolean handleSignInRequired) {
    GoogleSignInClient googleSignInClient = buildGoogleSignInClient();

    Task<GoogleSignInAccount> task = googleSignInClient.silentSignIn();

    if (task.isSuccessful()) {
        syncViewModel.getSlientSignInSuccessLiveData().postValue(true);

        return sync(task.getResult(), syncViewModel);
    } else {

        try {
            Tasks.await(task);
            try {
                GoogleSignInAccount googleSignInAccount = task.getResult(ApiException.class);

                syncViewModel.getSlientSignInSuccessLiveData().postValue(true);

                return sync(googleSignInAccount, syncViewModel);
            } catch (ApiException e) {
                Log.e(TAG, "", e);

                if (handleSignInRequired) {
                    if (e.getStatusCode() == GoogleSignInStatusCodes.SIGN_IN_REQUIRED) {
                        syncViewModel.getSignInRequiredLiveData().postValue(true);
                        return false;
                    }
                }

                String message = WeNoteApplication.instance().getString(R.string.sync_with_google_drive_failed_template, e.getLocalizedMessage());
                syncViewModel.getMessageLiveData().postValue(message);
            }
        } catch (ExecutionException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "", e);

            if (handleSignInRequired) {
                if (e.getCause() instanceof ApiException) {
                    if (((ApiException) e.getCause()).getStatusCode() == GoogleSignInStatusCodes.SIGN_IN_REQUIRED) {
                        syncViewModel.getSignInRequiredLiveData().postValue(true);
                        return false;
                    }
                }
            }

            String message = WeNoteApplication.instance().getString(R.string.sync_with_google_drive_failed_template, e.getLocalizedMessage());
            syncViewModel.getMessageLiveData().postValue(message);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "", e);

            String message = WeNoteApplication.instance().getString(R.string.sync_with_google_drive_failed_template, e.getLocalizedMessage());
            syncViewModel.getMessageLiveData().postValue(message);
        }
    }

    return false;
}