Cordova BackgroundMode-Plugin
==============================

A bunch of background mode plugins for Cordova 3.x.x

by Sebastián Katzer ([github.com/katzer](https://github.com/katzer))

## Supported Platforms
- **iOS** (>=5)

## Adding the Plugin to your project
Through the [Command-line Interface](http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-line%20Interface):
```
cordova plugin add https://github.com/katzer/cordova-plugin-background-mode.git
```

## Removing the Plugin from your project
Through the [Command-line Interface](http://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/3.0.0/guide_cli_index.md.html#The%20Command-line%20Interface):
```
cordova plugin rm de.appplant.cordova.plugin.background-mode
```

## Release Notes
#### Version 0.2.1 (not yet released)
- Added js interface to manually enable/disable the background mode.

#### Version 0.2.0 (08.10.2013)
- Added iOS (>= 5) support<br>
  The plugin turns the app into an location tracking app for the time it runs in the background.

## Using the plugin
Simply add the plugin to your project and the app will run while in background mode.

The plugin creates the object ```window.plugin.notification.backgroundMode``` with two methods:

### enable()
The method enables the background mode. The mode is activated once the app has entered the background and will be deactivated after the app has entered the foreground.<br>
Please be aware, to activate the background mode the app needs to be in foreground.

**iOS 5-6**<br>
The app still runs in background, even if the location service is not active.

**iOS 7**<br>
The location service needs to be enabled.

```javascript
/**
 * Enables the background mode. The app will not pause while in background.
 */
window.plugin.backgroundMode.enable();
```

### disable()
The method disables the background mode. If the mode is disabled while the app is running in the background, the app will be paused immediately.
```javascript
/**
 * Disables the background mode. The app will pause in background as usual.
 */
window.plugin.backgroundMode.disable();
```

## Quirks

### The app crashes under iOS
If the app crashes after installing the plugin, make sure that your `*-Info.plist` is valid.
Do to some bugs in cordova or Plugman please reset all occurences like
```xml
<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
<string>

</string>
```
to
```xml
<key>NSMainNibFile</key>
<string></string>
```