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Hi Hneilkelly, I am unable to understand when do you get AGSClientException in app start-up. Is it during the GameCircle initialization? I tested with SyncableString and data syncing is working as expected between a Kindle Fire and a Samsung device. public class MyActivity extends Activity { private static final String TAG = "MyActivity"; //reference to the agsClient AmazonGamesClient agsClient; AmazonGamesCallback callback = new AmazonGamesCallback() { @Override public void onServiceNotReady(AmazonGamesStatus status) { //unable to use service System.out.println("com.amazon.example.whispersynctest.MyActivity.onServiceNotReady"); } @Override public void onServiceReady(AmazonGamesClient amazonGamesClient) { System.out.println("MyActivity.onServiceReady"); agsClient = amazonGamesClient; enableButtons(); GameDataMap gameDataMap = AmazonGamesClient.getWhispersyncClient().getGameData(); final SyncableString str = gameDataMap.getLatestString("gameText"); if (str.isSet() && str.getValue() != null && str.getValue().length() > 0){ System.out.println("str = " + str.getValue()); final TextView textView = ((TextView)findViewById(R.id.local_text)); textView.post(new Runnable() { public void run() { textView.setText(str.getValue()); } }); } AmazonGamesClient.getWhispersyncClient().setWhispersyncEventListener(new WhispersyncEventListener() { public void onNewCloudData() { // refresh visible game data System.out.println("MyActivity.onNewCloudData"); GameDataMap gameDataMap = AmazonGamesClient.getWhispersyncClient().getGameData(); final SyncableString str = gameDataMap.getLatestString("gameText"); if (str.isSet() && str.getValue() != null && str.getValue().length() > 0){ System.out.println("str = " + str.getValue()); final TextView textViewLocal = ((TextView)findViewById(R.id.local_text)); final TextView textViewCloud = ((TextView)findViewById(R.id.cloud_text)); textViewLocal.post(new Runnable() { public void run() { textViewLocal.setText(str.getValue()); } }); textViewCloud.post(new Runnable() { public void run() { textViewCloud.setText(str.getValue()); } }); } } // The following three methods are mainly useful for debugging purposes and don't have to be overridden public void onDataUploadedToCloud() { System.out.println("MyActivity.onDataUploadedToCloud"); } }); } }; private void enableButtons() { findViewById(R.id.submitData).setEnabled(true); findViewById(R.id.sync).setEnabled(true); findViewById(R.id.login).setEnabled(true); } EnumSet myGameFeatures = EnumSet.of(AmazonGamesFeature.Leaderboards, AmazonGamesFeature.Whispersync); @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); } @Override protected void onPause() { super.onPause(); } @Override protected void onResume() { super.onResume(); System.out.println("MyActivity.onResume"); AmazonGamesClient.initialize(this, callback, myGameFeatures); } public void submitData(View view) { GameDataMap gameDataMap = AmazonGamesClient.getWhispersyncClient().getGameData(); SyncableString gameText = gameDataMap.getLatestString("gameText"); String strToSync = Build.MODEL + " : " + ((EditText)findViewById(R.id.text_to_sync)).getText().toString(); System.out.println("strToSync = " + strToSync); gameText.set(strToSync); ((TextView)findViewById(R.id.local_text)).setText(strToSync); AmazonGamesClient.getWhispersyncClient().flush(); } public void sync(View view) { AmazonGamesClient.getWhispersyncClient().synchronize(); } public void login(View view) { AmazonGamesClient.getInstance().showSignInPage(); } }

Thanks for your help Sujoy. Your code helped point me in the right direction to solve my sync problem. Here's what I found - hopefully it will help others. 1. I was setting my game variables in onResume() after calling AmazonGamesClient.initialize. The docs state that game data is valid immediately after this call, but that's not the case if it's been changed on another device. Implementing the WhispersyncEventListener method onNewCloudData() inside the AmazonGamesCallback method onServiceReady method is required to update game variables, although I don't think the docs make this clear. At least it wasn't to me. 2. I also needed to add AmazonGamesClient.shutdown() to my onStop() method to force a new initialize each time the game is started. Without this it seems the callbacks aren't triggered and the cloud data isn't checked.