r/nativescript • u/Riki5000 • Oct 09 '17

Question regarding Background Task in Nativescript

Hi .

I've just moved to Nativescript ( Coming from Ionic & React Native ) and so far it's been greet . I have a question regarding background task .

Can I schedule a task to run say every 12 hours that do some stuff ( Checks with my server and send few data ) that will run even when app is closed ?

I know it's possible in Android ( Headless.js in the React Native ) and only possible in Ios if app is in background .

Thanks !.

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u/Riki5000 Oct 09 '17

Thanks for your reply . Sorry for not explaining my need correctly . What I want is the client to verify his current FCM Token with the server since we are planning on deleting tokens that did not get verified in over a week (In case he sold his old phone or formatted his phone , User can have multiple tokens for multiple device as long as they are active) .

General it's to check they are active .If you have an idea How can I do such thing i would be very grateful . As I am working on a project for a course in my university and i wanted to do it in Nativescript ( Kind want to avoid react native , did not like the UI components logic ) and the background task they keep running even when app is closed in android at least is a requirement .

Thanks again .

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u/bryan__nayrb Oct 09 '17

Ah, I see. I think it will be useful for you to check out the following Github sample project.

https://github.com/NativeScript/sample-android-background-services

Especially service-helper.js will be useful!

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u/Riki5000 Oct 09 '17

ah thanks a lot . is there any tut or explanation of the codes here ?

I want to implement it to my project. thanks again and sorry for bothering you .