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
May 11, 2024	fix #67 - Receive broadcast data from external barcode scanner	Thanks to lgl017 and kmitdebus for valuable feedbacks
Jul 19, 2023	fix #71 - Cannot find symbol "LocalBroadcastManager"	Thanks to MrWeezle for valuable feedbacks
Jul 14, 2023	Merge pull request #70 - move to SDK 33 --> Android X.	Thank to phyr0s for contribution
Mar 19, 2020	Concerning Android I've added support for broadcast Intent to external Apps, receive broadcast Intents from external Apps, Flags & Category on Intent	insipred by navarrojava's fork
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

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);

From ANDROID to Javascript - Extra ANDROID features

Listen for global message

if( cordova.platformId === "android" ) {

    var listener = function( e ) {
      //log: didShow received! userInfo: {"data":"test"}
      console.log( "CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE: " + JSON.stringify(e)  );
    }
    var isGlobal = true
    window.broadcaster.addEventListener( 'android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE', isGlobal, listener);
}

ANDROID

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

final Bundle child = new Bundle();
child.putString( "name", "joker");

final Bundle b = new Bundle();
b.putString( "data", "test");
b.putBoolean( "valid", true );
b.putBundle( "child", child );

intent.putExtras( b);

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

IOS

Objective-C

    NSDictionary * payload = @{
        @"data":@"test",
        @"valid": [NSNumber numberWithBool:YES],
        @"child": @{ @"name": @"joker" }
    };

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"TEST.EVENT"
                                                        object:nil
                                                      userInfo:payload];

Swift 5.x

  let payload:[String:Any] = [
          "data":"test",
          "valid": true,
          "child":[ "name": "joker" ]
      ]

  let nc = NotificationCenter.default
  nc.post(name:Notification.Name("didShow"), object: nil, userInfo: payload)

BROWSER

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

From Javascript to Native - ANDROID,BROWSER,IOS

Javascript

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

From Javascript to ANDROID - Extra ANDROID features

Send a message with "flags" and "category"

if( cordova.platformId === "android" ) {

  // send a message with "flags" and "category"
  window.broadcaster.fireNativeEvent( "message", { extras:{ item:'test data' }, flags:0, category:'android.intent.category.INFO', packageName:'org.bsc'}, function() {
    console.log( "event fired!" );
  });
}

Send a global message

if( cordova.platformId === "android" ) {

  // send a global message
  var isGlobal = true
  window.broadcaster.fireNativeEvent( "GLOBAL_ACTION", isGlobal, { item:'test data' }, function() {
    console.log( "event fired!" );
  });

}

Send a global message with "flags" and "category"

if( cordova.platformId === "android" ) {

  // send a global message with "flags" and "category"
  var isGlobal = true
  window.broadcaster.fireNativeEvent( "GLOBAL_ACTION", isGlobal, { extras:{ item:'test data' }, flags:0, category:'android.intent.category.INFO', packageName:'org.bsc'}, 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 5.x

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 );
});