Background Service Plugin for Phonegap

A plugin (and framework code) that allows the development and operation of an Android Background Service.

The example MyService Background Service will write a Hello message to the LogCat every minute. The MyService is designed as sample code.

Cordova Versions

Folders used for different Cordova versions:

/1.8.1 - For use with Cordova 1.8.1
/2.0.0 - For use with Cordova 2.0.0
/2.2.0 - For use with Cordova 2.2.0
/2.3.0 - For use with Cordova 2.3.0
/2.4.0 - For use with Cordova 2.4.0
/2.5.0 - For use with Cordova 2.5.0
/2.6.0 - For use with Cordova 2.6.0
/2.7.0 - For use with Cordova 2.7.0

Change Log

12th May 2013 - Updated to handle service being restarted by OS (version 2.2+)
14th November 2012 - Fix for service not stopping if the app has been closed then re-opened

Further Information

Further information on the plugin can be found at:

The below is a tutorial to create your own Twitter service:

Please let me know your thoughts and comments.

Source Code

This repository uses jar files for the main logic. Due to the complexity of the code, I've found this is the easiest method to distribute it.

Should you be interested in the underlying source, it is available in this repository -> https://github.com/Red-Folder/Cordova-Plugin-BackgroundService-Source

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.