cordova-plugin-google-nearby v1.1.6

Description

This plugin adds support for the Google Nearby Messages API. Support for the other Nearby APIs will follow. At the moment it works only for Android, but support for iOS will be done on the dev branch.

Installation

Requirements

Please follow the Steps 1, 2 and 3 of the Getting Started of Google, which are these one:

• Install Google Play services with Android SDK Manager
• Install Google Repository with Android SDK Manager
• Activate the Google Nearby API in the Google Developer Console

Automatically

Cordova

cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-google-nearby --variable API_KEY="123456789"

Ionic v2

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-google-nearby --variable API_KEY="123456789"

From source

cordova plugin add https://github.com/hahahannes/cordova-plugin-google-nearby --variable API_KEY="123456789"

Usage

The plugin provides three functions for subscription, publishing and unsubscribing.

Cordova

Subscribe

window.nearby.subscribe(function(success) {
    console.log(success)
}, function(error) {
     console.log(error)
})

Publish

window.nearby.publish(message, function(success) {
    console.log(success)
}, function(error) {
    console.log(error)
})

Unsubscribe

window.nearby.unsubscribe(function(success) {
    console.log(success)
}, function(error) {
    console.log(error)
})

Ionic

• you can use Ionic Native

Installtion

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-google-nearby
npm install --save @ionic-native/google-nearby

Subscribe

import { GoogleNearby } from '@ionic-native/google-nearby';
subscribtion: any
constructor(private nearby: GoogleNearby) { 
    this.subscribtion = this.nearby.subscribe().subscribe(result => {
        console.log(result)
    })
}

Unubscribe

import { GoogleNearby } from '@ionic-native/google-nearby';
constructor(private nearby: GoogleNearby) { }
this.subscribtion.unsubscribe()

Publish

import { GoogleNearby } from '@ionic-native/google-nearby';
constructor(private nearby: GoogleNearby) { }
this.nearby.publish(message).then(result => {
    console.log(result)
})

Debug

adb logcat 

Remove

Cordova

cordova plugin rm org.apache.cordova.nearby

Ionic

ionic cordova plugin rm org.apache.cordova.nearby

Troubleshooting Android

• make sure that the following content is in the AndroidManifest.xml
• make sure that the following content is in the build.gradle file
• make sure you have the requirements from above
• check in the nearby settings if your app is deactivated

Notes

For cordova-android v7 and above use version 1.1.5 of this plugin.