Broadcaster

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This plugin adds exchanging events between native code and your app.

Repo: https://github.com/bsorrentino/cordova-broadcaster

Installation

  1. Install the Cordova and Ionic Native plugins:
    $ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-broadcaster
    $ npm install --save @ionic-native/broadcaster
    
  2. Add this plugin to your app's module

Supported platforms

Usage

import { Broadcaster } from '@ionic-native/broadcaster';

constructor(private broadcaster: Broadcaster) { }

...

// Listen to events from Native
this.broadcaster.addEventListener('eventName').subscribe((event) => console.log(event));

// Send event to Native
this.broadcaster.fireNativeEvent('eventName', {}).then(() => console.log('success'));

Instance Members

addEventListener(eventName)

This function listen to an event sent from the native code

Param Type Details
eventName string

Returns: Observable<any> Returns an observable to watch when an event is received

fireNativeEvent(eventName, eventData)

This function sends data to the native code

Param Type Details
eventName string
eventData any

Returns: Promise<any> Returns a promise that resolves when an event is successfully fired

API

Native

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