Cordova Broadcaster

Cordova Plugin to allow message exchange between javascript and native (and viceversa).

Ingredient Technologies

Broadcaster plugin providing bridge for the following native technologies:

target OS	Native Technology
IOS	NotificationCenter
Android	LocalBroadcastManager

News

date	infos	refs
Jan 16, 2018	I've developed a complete ionic3 sample project using broadcaster	ionic-broadcaster-sample
Jan 28, 2017	such plugin has been added to ionic-native distribution	How to is available here

Installation

$ cordova create <PATH> [ID [NAME [CONFIG]]] [options]
$ cd <PATH>
$ cordova platform add [ios|android]
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-broadcaster
$ cordova plugin add https://github.com/wlnjtan/cordova-plugin-broadcaster.git

Usage:

From Native to Javascript

Javascript

    console.log( "register didShow received!" );

    var listener = function( e ) {
      //log: didShow received! userInfo: {"data":"test"}
      console.log( "didShow received! userInfo: " + JSON.stringify(e)  );
    }

    window.broadcaster.addEventListener( "didShow", listener);

ANDROID

final Intent intent = new Intent("didShow");

Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putString( "data", "test" );
intent.putExtras( b);

LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this).sendBroadcastSync(intent);

IOS

Objective-C

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"didShow"
                                                    object:nil
                                                  userInfo:@{ @"data":@"test"}];

Swift

let nc = NSNotificationCenter.default
nc.post(name:"didShow", object: nil, userInfo: ["data":"test"])

BROWSER

let event = new CustomEvent("didShow", { detail: { data:"test"} } );
document.dispatchEvent( event )

From Javascript to Native

Javascript

  window.broadcaster.fireNativeEvent( "test.event", { item:'test data' }, function() {
    console.log( "event fired!" );
    } );

ANDROID

final BroadcastReceiver receiver = new BroadcastReceiver() {
    @Override
    public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
        String data = intent.getExtras().getString("data");

        Log.d("CDVBroadcaster",
                String.format("Native event [%s] received with data [%s]", intent.getAction(), data));

    }
};

LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(this)
            .registerReceiver(receiver, new IntentFilter("test.event"));
}

IOS

Objective-C

[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserverForName:@"test.event"
                                                  object:nil
                                                   queue:[NSOperationQueue mainQueue]
                                              usingBlock:^(NSNotification *notification) {
                                                      NSLog(@"Handled 'test.event' [%@]", notification.userInfo[@"item"]);
                                                    }];

Swift 3.0

let nc = NotificationCenter.default
nc.addObserver(forName:Notification.Name(rawValue:"test.event"),
               object:nil, queue:nil) {
  notification in
  print( "\(notification.userInfo)")
}

BROWSER

document.addEventListener( "test.event", ( ev:Event ) => {
  console.log( "test event", ev.detail );
});