react-native-background-fetch ·

By Transistor Software, creators of React Native Background Geolocation

Background Fetch is a very simple plugin which will awaken an app in the background about every 15 minutes, providing a short period of background running-time. This plugin will execute your provided callbackFn whenever a background-fetch event occurs.

There is no way to increase the rate which a fetch-event occurs and this plugin sets the rate to the most frequent possible — you will never receive an event faster than 15 minutes. The operating-system will automatically throttle the rate the background-fetch events occur based upon usage patterns. Eg: if user hasn't turned on their phone for a long period of time, fetch events will occur less frequently.

The Android plugin provides a HeadlessJS implementation allowing you to continue handling events even after app-termination (see @config enableHeadless)

Installing the plugin

⚠️ If you have a previous version of react-native-background-fetch < 2.7.0 installed into react-native >= 0.60, you should first unlink your previous version as react-native link is no longer required.

$ react-native unlink react-native-background-fetch

With `yarn`

$ yarn add react-native-background-fetch

With `npm`

$ npm install --save react-native-background-fetch

iOS Setup

`react-native >= 0.60`

Auto-linking Setup

`react-native < 0.60`

Android Setup

`react-native >= 0.60`

No other steps required.

`react-native < 0.60`

Example

import BackgroundFetch from "react-native-background-fetch";

export default class App extends Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    // Configure it.
    BackgroundFetch.configure({
      minimumFetchInterval: 15,     // <-- minutes (15 is minimum allowed)
      // Android options
      stopOnTerminate: false,
      startOnBoot: true,
      requiredNetworkType: BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_NONE, // Default
      requiresCharging: false,      // Default
      requiresDeviceIdle: false,    // Default
      requiresBatteryNotLow: false, // Default
      requiresStorageNotLow: false  // Default
    }, () => {
      console.log("[js] Received background-fetch event");
      // Required: Signal completion of your task to native code
      // If you fail to do this, the OS can terminate your app
      // or assign battery-blame for consuming too much background-time
      BackgroundFetch.finish(BackgroundFetch.FETCH_RESULT_NEW_DATA);
    }, (error) => {
      console.log("[js] RNBackgroundFetch failed to start");
    });

    // Optional: Query the authorization status.
    BackgroundFetch.status((status) => {
      switch(status) {
        case BackgroundFetch.STATUS_RESTRICTED:
          console.log("BackgroundFetch restricted");
          break;
        case BackgroundFetch.STATUS_DENIED:
          console.log("BackgroundFetch denied");
          break;
        case BackgroundFetch.STATUS_AVAILABLE:
          console.log("BackgroundFetch is enabled");
          break;
      }
    });
  }
};

Config

Common Options

`@param {Integer} minimumFetchInterval [15]`

The minimum interval in minutes to execute background fetch events. Defaults to 15 minutes. Note: Background-fetch events will never occur at a frequency higher than every 15 minutes. Apple uses a secret algorithm to adjust the frequency of fetch events, presumably based upon usage patterns of the app. Fetch events can occur less often than your configured minimumFetchInterval.

Android Options

`@config {Boolean} stopOnTerminate [true]`

Set false to continue background-fetch events after user terminates the app. Default to true.

`@config {Boolean} startOnBoot [false]`

Set true to initiate background-fetch events when the device is rebooted. Defaults to false.

❗ NOTE: startOnBoot requires stopOnTerminate: false.

`@config {Boolean} forceReload [false]`

Set true to automatically relaunch the application (if it was terminated) — the application will launch to the foreground then immediately minimize. Defaults to false.

`@config {Boolean} enableHeadless [false]`

Set true to enable React Native's Headless JS mechanism, for handling fetch events after app termination.

📂 index.js

import BackgroundFetch from "react-native-background-fetch";

let MyHeadlessTask = async () => {
  console.log('[BackgroundFetch HeadlessTask] start');

  // Perform an example HTTP request.
  // Important:  await asychronous tasks when using HeadlessJS.
  let response = await fetch('https://facebook.github.io/react-native/movies.json');
  let responseJson = await response.json();
  console.log('[BackgroundFetch HeadlessTask] response: ', responseJson);

  // Required:  Signal to native code that your task is complete.
  // If you don't do this, your app could be terminated and/or assigned
  // battery-blame for consuming too much time in background.
  BackgroundFetch.finish();
}

// Register your BackgroundFetch HeadlessTask
BackgroundFetch.registerHeadlessTask(MyHeadlessTask);

`@config {integer} requiredNetworkType [BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_NONE]`

Set basic description of the kind of network your job requires.

If your job doesn't need a network connection, you don't need use this options as the default value is BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_NONE.

NetworkType	Description
`BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_NONE`	This job doesn't care about network constraints, either any or none.
`BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_ANY`	This job requires network connectivity.
`BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_CELLULAR`	This job requires network connectivity that is a cellular network.
`BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_UNMETERED`	This job requires network connectivity that is unmetered.
`BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_NOT_ROAMING`	This job requires network connectivity that is not roaming.

`@config {Boolean} requiresBatteryNotLow [false]`

Specify that to run this job, the device's battery level must not be low.

This defaults to false. If true, the job will only run when the battery level is not low, which is generally the point where the user is given a "low battery" warning.

`@config {Boolean} requiresStorageNotLow [false]`

Specify that to run this job, the device's available storage must not be low.

This defaults to false. If true, the job will only run when the device is not in a low storage state, which is generally the point where the user is given a "low storage" warning.

`@config {Boolean} requiresCharging [false]`

Specify that to run this job, the device must be charging (or be a non-battery-powered device connected to permanent power, such as Android TV devices). This defaults to false.

`@config {Boolean} requiresDeviceIdle [false]`

When set true, ensure that this job will not run if the device is in active use.

The default state is false: that is, the for the job to be runnable even when someone is interacting with the device.

This state is a loose definition provided by the system. In general, it means that the device is not currently being used interactively, and has not been in use for some time. As such, it is a good time to perform resource heavy jobs. Bear in mind that battery usage will still be attributed to your application, and surfaced to the user in battery stats.

Methods

Method Name	Arguments	Notes
`configure`	`{config}`, `callbackFn`, `failureFn`	Configures the plugin's fetch `callbackFn`. This callback will fire each time an iOS background-fetch event occurs (typically every 15 min). The `failureFn` will be called if the device doesn't support background-fetch.
`status`	`callbackFn`	Your callback will be executed with the current `status (Integer)` `0: Restricted`, `1: Denied`, `2: Available`. These constants are defined as `BackgroundFetch.STATUS_RESTRICTED`, `BackgroundFetch.STATUS_DENIED`, `BackgroundFetch.STATUS_AVAILABLE` (NOTE: Android will always return `STATUS_AVAILABLE`)
`finish`	`fetchResult`	Valid values for `fetchResult (Integer)` include `BackgroundFetch.FETCH_RESULT_NEW_DATA` (0), `BackgroundFetch.FETCH_RESULT_NO_DATA` (1), and `BackgroundFetch.FETCH_RESULT_FAILED` (2). You MUST call this method in your fetch `callbackFn` provided to `#configure` in order to signal to iOS that your fetch action is complete. iOS provides only 30s of background-time for a fetch-event -- if you exceed this 30s, iOS will kill your app.
`start`	`successFn`, `failureFn`	Start the background-fetch API. Your `callbackFn` provided to `#configure` will be executed each time a background-fetch event occurs. NOTE the `#configure` method automatically calls `#start`. You do not have to call this method after you `#configure` the plugin
`stop`	`successFn`, `failureFn`	Stop the background-fetch API from firing fetch events. Your `callbackFn` provided to `#configure` will no longer be executed.

Debugging

iOS

Simulate background fetch events in XCode using Debug->Simulate Background Fetch
iOS can take some hours or even days to start a consistently scheduling background-fetch events since iOS schedules fetch events based upon the user's patterns of activity. If Simulate Background Fetch works, your can be sure that everything is working fine. You just need to wait.

Android

Observe plugin logs in $ adb logcat:

$ adb logcat *:S ReactNative:V ReactNativeJS:V TSBackgroundFetch:V

Simulate a background-fetch event on a device (insert <your.application.id>) (only works for sdk 21+:

$ adb shell cmd jobscheduler run -f <your.application.id> 999

For devices with sdk <21, simulate a "Headless JS" event with (insert <your.application.id>)

$ adb shell am broadcast -a <your.application.id>.event.BACKGROUND_FETCH

Implementation

iOS

Implements performFetchWithCompletionHandler, firing a custom event subscribed-to in cordova plugin.

Android

Android implements background fetch using two different mechanisms, depending on the Android SDK version. Where the SDK version is >= LOLLIPOP, the new JobScheduler API is used. Otherwise, the old AlarmManager will be used.

Unlike iOS, the Android implementation can continue to operate after application terminate (stopOnTerminate: false) or device reboot (startOnBoot: true).

Licence

The MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

matejkriz/react-native-background-fetch

react-native-background-fetch ·

Installing the plugin

With yarn

With npm

iOS Setup

react-native >= 0.60

react-native < 0.60

Android Setup

react-native >= 0.60

react-native < 0.60

Example

Config

Common Options

@param {Integer} minimumFetchInterval [15]

Android Options

@config {Boolean} stopOnTerminate [true]

@config {Boolean} startOnBoot [false]

@config {Boolean} forceReload [false]

@config {Boolean} enableHeadless [false]

@config {integer} requiredNetworkType [BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_NONE]

@config {Boolean} requiresBatteryNotLow [false]

@config {Boolean} requiresStorageNotLow [false]

@config {Boolean} requiresCharging [false]

@config {Boolean} requiresDeviceIdle [false]

Methods

Debugging

iOS

Android

Implementation

iOS

Android

Licence

With `yarn`

With `npm`

`react-native >= 0.60`

`react-native < 0.60`

`react-native >= 0.60`

`react-native < 0.60`

`@param {Integer} minimumFetchInterval [15]`

`@config {Boolean} stopOnTerminate [true]`

`@config {Boolean} startOnBoot [false]`

`@config {Boolean} forceReload [false]`

`@config {Boolean} enableHeadless [false]`

`@config {integer} requiredNetworkType [BackgroundFetch.NETWORK_TYPE_NONE]`

`@config {Boolean} requiresBatteryNotLow [false]`

`@config {Boolean} requiresStorageNotLow [false]`

`@config {Boolean} requiresCharging [false]`

`@config {Boolean} requiresDeviceIdle [false]`