[sync-services-developers] initializeSession UI Inconsistent

[Brian M. Criscuolo]

Hi all,

I've just reported <rdar://4235607>. Has anyone had a similar  
experience? If so, any thoughts on how to handle this best (sans a  
fix in OS X)?

Bug report below:
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Sync Services should present a UI when initializeSession is called  
for the first time after registering a client. In our testing,  
however, this is not always the case.

Our application has three Sync Services clients, each with a unique  
ID. In tests on two different systems only one of the three clients  
presented UI when the session was run. The test setups were as follows:

Test 1: Clean, freshly installed system, Address Book or iCal had  
never been launched. Installed our software and synchronized.

Test 2: Development system. Unregistered ALL clients using  
Syncrospector and restarted. Installed our software and synchronized.

In both cases, only one client presented UI but all three allowed the  
synchronization to occur.

It would be very useful to know some of the background of the rules  
and requirement that are used in determining when to present UI,  
especially for our support needs. The user is not familiar with this  
dialog (AB and iCal don't cause it to appear) and there are few  
applications that are using it at this time.

Better would be to have the behavior be consistent for all clients.
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Brian M. Criscuolo
Senior Software Engineer
Mark/Space, Inc.
bcriscuolo at markspace.com
<http://www.markspace.com>