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Merge "Update description of account_type" into ics-mr1
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docs/html/guide/topics/providers/calendar-provider.jd

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@@ -280,11 +280,9 @@ Calendars.ACCOUNT_NAME}, you must also include
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{@link android.provider.CalendarContract.Calendars#ACCOUNT_TYPE Calendars.ACCOUNT_TYPE}
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in the selection. That is because a given account is
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only considered unique given both its <code>ACCOUNT_NAME</code> and its
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<code>ACCOUNT_TYPE</code>. The <code>ACCOUNT_TYPE</code> refers to the way that
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the account is being synced. It is often but not always the domain. For
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example, an account could be synced through a corporate pop3 sync adapter, in which
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case the <code>ACCOUNT_TYPE</code> would not be a domain. There is also a
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special type of account called {@link
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<code>ACCOUNT_TYPE</code>. The <code>ACCOUNT_TYPE</code> is the string corresponding to the
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account authenticator that was used when the account was registered with the
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{@link android.accounts.AccountManager}. There is also a special type of account called {@link
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android.provider.CalendarContract#ACCOUNT_TYPE_LOCAL} for calendars not
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associated with a device account. {@link
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android.provider.CalendarContract#ACCOUNT_TYPE_LOCAL} accounts do not get

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