[jira] [Commented] (CB-8684) support onStart/onStop lifecycle events in plugins for Android

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Github user rejhgadellaa commented on the issue:

    https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/pull/173
  
    Hi, quick question: is this change just for plugins or can I hook into the onStart and onStop events in javascript as well? Because with Nougat apps need to be able to know if they stopped (not visible) or might be in split view but not focused (paused). In the latter case the app should probably still refresh its UI and such.


> support onStart/onStop lifecycle events in plugins for Android
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CB-8684
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-8684
>             Project: Apache Cordova
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>      Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the default.) 
>          Components: Android
>            Reporter: Tony Homer
>            Assignee: Andrew Grieve
>
> Enable plugins to handle onStart/onStop lifecycle events in Android implementation.  Currently plugin authors that need this feature instruct their users to modify the CordovaActivity in their project in order to support these lifecycle events.
> For example, the Flurry plugin instructions direct users to override
> onStart and onStop in their activity in order to handle onStop:
> https://github.com/Initsogar/cordova-flurry
> There are other analytics plugins that want to know about onStart/onStop
> instead of onPause/onResume.
> This change will enable native Android support only - there will be no corresponding Cordova lifecycle events generated because these events are platform specific.  
> In addition to the Android platform change, a "quirk"-type notation should be added to the Android Plugin Development guide, along with possible update to the example code provided there.
> For reference, here is the conversation from the dev mailing list between [~agrieve] and [~tony--]:
> {quote}
> On 3/9/15, 12:05 PM, "Andrew Grieve" <ag...@chromium.org> wrote:
> >I see no reason we couldn't add onStart / onStop.
> >
> >As an aside, if you're okay with supporting only ICS+, you can use
> >Application.registerActivityLifecycleCallbacks() as a work-around.
> >
> >
> >On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Homer, Tony <to...@intel.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I assumed that this must have been discussed at some point, but I
> >>couldn¹t
> >> find anything in the list archives or JIRA.
> >> I¹m guessing that there might be some practical issues with
> >>onStart/onStop
> >> and plugin loading timing, but it seems like if there are issues like
> >>this
> >> they could be addressed somehow.
> >>
> >> I¹m asking about this because we have an internal request to enable apps
> >> to override onStart/onStop in the Intel XDK build system in order to
> >> support plugins that want to handle onStart/onStop.
> >> My initial response was ³why not use onResume/onPause², but some plugin
> >> authors apparently believe that onStart/onStop are the lifecycle events
> >> they need.
> >>
> >> For example, the Flurry plugin instructions direct users to override
> >> onStart and onStop in their activity in order to handle onStop:
> >> https://github.com/Initsogar/cordova-flurry
> >> There are other analytics plugins that want to know about onStart/onStop
> >> instead of onPause/onResume.
> >> Obviously it is possible to modify your activity in order to do this in
> >> your project, but if this capability is important, it should be possible
> >> without abandoning the Cordova Way.
> >>
> >> So I was wondering what you guys think?
> >> onPause/onResume should be good enough for anyone?
> >> onStart/onStop are edge cases that users need to handle by modifying
> >>their
> >> activity?
> >> onStart/onStop cannot be handled by plugins due to timing issues?
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >> Tony
> {quote}



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