Cordova Quickstart for HyperTrack SDK
HyperTrack lets you add live location tracking to your mobile app. Live location is made available along with ongoing activity, tracking controls and tracking outage with reasons.
This repo contains an example Cordova app that has everything you need to get started.
For information about how to get started with Cordova SDK, please check this Guide.
How to get started?
Create HyperTrack Account
Sign up for HyperTrack and get your publishable key from the Setup page.
Set up the environment
Clone Quickstart app
Install Dependencies
General Dependencies
Run npm install
iOS dependencies
Quickstart app uses CocoaPods dependency manager to install the latest version of the iOS SDK. Using the latest version of CocoaPods is advised.
If you don't have CocoaPods, install it first.
cd ios
pod installAdd platforms
Configure Android platform
Add build params to quickstart-cordova/platforms/android/gradle.properties:
cdvSdkVersion=31
cdvMinSdkVersion=23
Update the publishable key
Insert your HyperTrack publishable key to const PUBLISHABLE_KEY in www/js/index.js
Set up silent push notifications
HyperTrack SDK needs Firebase Cloud Messaging to manage on-device tracking as well as enable using HyperTrack cloud APIs from your server to control the tracking.
Run the app
Build the app
Run cordova build
Android
Run cordova run android
iOS
Open the app's workspace file (/ios/QuickstartCordova.xcworkspace) with Xcode.
Select your device (SDK requires real device, it won't work using simulator) and hit Run.
If you have "Unsupported Swift Version" error
Set Build Settings > Swift Compiler - Language > Swift version to the latest version
Grant permissions
Grant location and activity permissions (choose "Always Allow" for location).
Start tracking
Press Start tracking button.
To see the device on a map, open the HyperTrack dashboard.
Support
Join our Slack community for instant responses. You can also email us at help@hypertrack.com