diff -r 000000000000 -r 6474c204b198 mobile/android/base/fxa/receivers/FxAccountDeletedService.java
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+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+package org.mozilla.gecko.fxa.receivers;
+
+import org.mozilla.gecko.background.common.log.Logger;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.fxa.FxAccountConstants;
+import org.mozilla.gecko.sync.config.AccountPickler;
+
+import android.app.IntentService;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+
+/**
+ * A background service to clean up after a Firefox Account is deleted.
+ * <p>
+ * Note that we specifically handle deleting the pickle file using a Service and a
+ * BroadcastReceiver, rather than a background thread, to allow channels sharing a Firefox account
+ * to delete their respective pickle files (since, if one remains, the account will be restored
+ * when that channel is used).
+ */
+public class FxAccountDeletedService extends IntentService {
+  public static final String LOG_TAG = FxAccountDeletedService.class.getSimpleName();
+
+  public FxAccountDeletedService() {
+    super(LOG_TAG);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void onHandleIntent(final Intent intent) {
+    // Intent can, in theory, be null. Bug 1025937.
+    if (intent == null) {
+      Logger.debug(LOG_TAG, "Short-circuiting on null intent.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    final Context context = this;
+
+    long intentVersion = intent.getLongExtra(
+        FxAccountConstants.ACCOUNT_DELETED_INTENT_VERSION_KEY, 0);
+    long expectedVersion = FxAccountConstants.ACCOUNT_DELETED_INTENT_VERSION;
+    if (intentVersion != expectedVersion) {
+      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, "Intent malformed: version " + intentVersion + " given but " +
+          "version " + expectedVersion + "expected. Not cleaning up after deleted Account.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Android Account name, not Sync encoded account name.
+    final String accountName = intent.getStringExtra(
+        FxAccountConstants.ACCOUNT_DELETED_INTENT_ACCOUNT_KEY);
+    if (accountName == null) {
+      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, "Intent malformed: no account name given. Not cleaning up after " +
+          "deleted Account.");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    Logger.info(LOG_TAG, "Firefox account named " + accountName + " being removed; " +
+        "deleting saved pickle file '" + FxAccountConstants.ACCOUNT_PICKLE_FILENAME + "'.");
+    deletePickle(context);
+  }
+
+  public static void deletePickle(final Context context) {
+    try {
+      AccountPickler.deletePickle(context, FxAccountConstants.ACCOUNT_PICKLE_FILENAME);
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // This should never happen, but we really don't want to die in a background thread.
+      Logger.warn(LOG_TAG, "Got exception deleting saved pickle file; ignoring.", e);
+    }
+  }
+}