ekodedypurnomo / cordova-plugin-autostart

This Cordova plugin will start automatically your app after the every boot or the auto-update of your application. You can enable or disable the autostart function in your app.

Autostart plugin

This Cordova plugin will start automatically your Android app after the every boot or the auto-update of your application. You can enable or disable the autostart function in your app. The plugin is also compatible with PhoneGap Build.

Supported Platforms

• Android

Usage

Enable the automatic startup after the boot

cordova.plugins.autoStart.enable();

Disable the automatic startup after the boot

This is the default action if you have never called the "enable" function.

cordova.plugins.autoStart.disable();

Installation

The plugin can either be installed from git repository, from local file system through the Command-line Interface or cloud based through PhoneGap Build.

Local development environment

From master:

# ~~ from master branch ~~
cordova plugin add https://github.com/ToniKorin/cordova-plugin-autostart.git

from a local folder:

# ~~ local folder ~~
cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-autostart --searchpath path

or to use the latest stable version:

# ~~ stable version ~~
cordova plugin add [email protected]

To remove the plug-in, run the following command:

cordova plugin rm cordova-plugin-autostart

PhoneGap Build

Add the following xml line to your config.xml:

<gap:plugin platform="android" name="cordova-plugin-autostart" version="2.0.1" source="npm"/>

Remarks

1. Installation to the SD card will prevent the automatic start of your app after the boot. See more details from here.
2. During the boot your app may start before it has no network connectivity. Your app have to take care of it e.g. using the cordova-plugin-network-information.

History

Check the Change Log.

License

This software is released under the Apache 2.0 License.

© 2015 Toni Korin