--- title: Android Sync Bus | daily.dev description: A walkthrough of an Android sync bus library (Superbus) built to handle offline command queuing. Commands are posted to a service, queued in order, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/android-sync-bus-a6dzgwnoj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Android Sync Bus | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of an Android sync bus library (Superbus) built to handle offline command queuing. Commands are posted to a service, queued in order, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/android-sync-bus-a6dzgwnoj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/a6DZGWNoJ.png og:image:alt: Android Sync Bus og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Android Sync Bus **[Touchlab](https://daily.dev/sources/touchlab)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of an Android sync bus library (Superbus) built to handle offline command queuing. Commands are posted to a service, queued in order, and persisted locally when no network is available. The library supports two storage backends: SQLite via SuperbusService or a local file store via LocalFileBusService. Commands implement abstract methods for logging, deduplication, and execution, with transient and permanent error types controlling retry and removal behavior. Source code and a simple example app are available on GitHub. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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