cordova-plugin-run-in-background/src/android/BackgroundExt.java

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package de.appplant.cordova.plugin.background;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ActivityManager;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Build;
import android.view.View;

import org.apache.cordova.CordovaInterface;
import org.apache.cordova.CordovaWebView;

import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.List;

class BackgroundExt {

    // Weak reference to the cordova interface passed by the plugin
    private final WeakReference<CordovaInterface> cordova;

    // Weak reference to the cordova web view passed by the plugin
    private final WeakReference<CordovaWebView> webView;

    /**
     * Initialize the extension to perform non-background related tasks.
     *
     * @param cordova The cordova interface.
     * @param webView The cordova web view.
     */
    private BackgroundExt(CordovaInterface cordova, CordovaWebView webView) {
        this.cordova = new WeakReference<CordovaInterface>(cordova);
        this.webView = new WeakReference<CordovaWebView>(webView);
    }

    /**
     * Executes the request.
     *
     * @param action  The action to execute.
     * @param cordova The cordova interface.
     * @param webView The cordova web view.
     */
    static void execute(String action, CordovaInterface cordova,
                        CordovaWebView webView) {

        BackgroundExt ext = new BackgroundExt(cordova, webView);

        if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("optimizations")) {
            ext.disableWebViewOptimizations();
        }

        if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("background")) {
            ext.moveToBackground();
        }

        if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("foreground")) {
            ext.moveToForeground();
        }

        if (action.equalsIgnoreCase("tasklist")) {
            ext.excludeFromTaskList();
        }
    }

    /**
     * Move app to background.
     */
    private void moveToBackground() {
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);

        intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_HOME);
        getActivity().startActivity(intent);
    }

    /**
     * Move app to foreground.
     */
    private void moveToForeground() {
        Activity    app = getActivity();
        String pkgName  = app.getPackageName();

        Intent intent = app
                .getPackageManager()
                .getLaunchIntentForPackage(pkgName);

        intent.addFlags(  Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_REORDER_TO_FRONT
                        | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP);

        app.startActivity(intent);
    }

    /**
     * Enable GPS position tracking while in background.
     */
    private void disableWebViewOptimizations() {
        Thread thread = new Thread(){
            public void run() {
                try {
                    Thread.sleep(1000);
                    getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
                        @Override
                        public void run() {
                            View view = webView.get().getEngine().getView();

                            try {
                                Class<?> xWalkCls = Class.forName(
                                        "org.crosswalk.engine.XWalkCordovaView");

                                Method onShowMethod =
                                        xWalkCls.getMethod("onShow");

                                onShowMethod.invoke(view);
                            } catch (Exception e){
                                view.dispatchWindowVisibilityChanged(View.VISIBLE);
                            }
                        }
                    });
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    // do nothing
                }
            }
        };

        thread.start();
    }

    /**
     * Exclude the app from the recent tasks list.
     */
    private void excludeFromTaskList() {
        ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getActivity()
                .getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE);

        if (am == null || Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 21)
            return;

        try {
            Method getAppTasks = am.getClass().getMethod("getAppTasks");
            List tasks = (List) getAppTasks.invoke(am);

            if (tasks == null || tasks.isEmpty())
                return;

            ActivityManager.AppTask task = (ActivityManager.AppTask) tasks.get(0);
            Method setExcludeFromRecents = task.getClass()
                    .getMethod("setExcludeFromRecents", boolean.class);

            setExcludeFromRecents.invoke(task, true);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    /**
     * The activity referenced by cordova.
     *
     * @return The main activity of the app.
     */
    Activity getActivity() {
        return cordova.get().getActivity();
    }

}