1page.title=Syncing to the Cloud 2page.tags=cloud,sync,backup 3 4trainingnavtop=true 5startpage=true 6 7@jd:body 8 9<div id="tb-wrapper"> 10<div id="tb"> 11 12<h2>Dependencies and prerequisites</h2> 13<ul> 14 <li>Android 2.2 (API level 8) and higher</li> 15</ul> 16</div> 17</div> 18 19<p>By providing powerful APIs for internet connectivity, the Android framework 20helps you build rich cloud-enabled apps that sync their data to a remote web 21service, making sure all your devices always stay in sync, and your valuable 22data is always backed up to the cloud.</p> 23 24<p>This class covers strategies for backing up data using the cloud so that 25users can restore their data when installing your application on a new device. 26</p> 27 28<h2>Lessons</h2> 29 30<dl> 31 <dt><strong><a href="backupapi.html">Using the Backup API</a></strong></dt> 32 <dd>Learn how to integrate the Backup API into your Android Application, so 33 that user data such as preferences, notes, and high scores update seamlessly 34 across all of a user's devices</dd> 35</dl> 36 37