Android Alarm or Background Service with JavaScript interface

[James Henderson]

Please, has anyone got a working alarm / background service for Android that has a JavaScript interface?

[Rob Willett]

Have you looked at

https://github.com/wnyc/cordova-plugin-wakeuptimer

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 at 11:50, James Henderson <jameshend...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please, has anyone got a working alarm / background service for Android that has a JavaScript interface?

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[James Henderson]

Yes, but when I swipe this App away it disappears

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Have you looked at

https://github.com/wnyc/cordova-plugin-wakeuptimer

On Tue, 10 Jan 2017 at 11:50, James Henderson <jameshend...@gmail.com> wrote:

Please, has anyone got a working alarm / background service for Android that has a JavaScript interface?

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[James Henderson]

January sale!

[James Henderson]

Hi Rob

Thanks, your advice was really helpful. I have the plugin you suggested up and running now, and, sorry, I was wrong about it not working when the App is swiped away.

Two minor problems with it though:

1. It loads the App in the foreground and I can't remember how to ask it to not do that.

2. It does not work after the device is restarted.

Any help on these would be amazing!

PS. Please ignore my previous response from yesterday (it was a long day) - we wrote a background service that connects to the SQLite Cordova plugin (link in previous message) with a JS interface, but the boss here said it sounds like too much work to maintain and completely different to an iOS Background Fetch - plus not very secure etc.

[James Henderson]

Sorry again - it does load at startup, but you have to manually change the startup permissions (if the App is not installed via Google Play Store)

[Rob Willett]

I would suggest contacting the plugin author. We don't use that plugin directly but as part of a commercial GPS plugin.

Chris is pretty good at responding and his code is very good. Tell him hi from Rob in London :)

Rob

[James Henderson]

Hi Rob

I am not sure how to contact Chris, the visible contributors for your recommended plugin have different names, but I like your sentiment. I have posted a note on their github Issues area but if anyone else knows how then please help.

Does anyone have any experience with this cdvStartInBackground in MainActivity.java please?

        Bundle extras = getIntent().getExtras();

        if (extras != null && extras.getBoolean("cdvStartInBackground", true)) {

            moveTaskToBack(true);

        }