Plugin which provides availability monitoring of resource (such as a website) via a background service. Results are stored to a DB and can be retrieve by your HTML/ JavaScript application at any point.

The plugin can be installed using the following commands (this assumes you are familiar with the [Cordova Android Getting Started] (http://docs.phonegap.com/en/3.3.0/guide_platforms_android_index.md.html#Android%20Platform%20Guide)):

• cordova create hello com.example.hello "HelloWorld"
• cd hello
• cordova platform add android
• cordova plugin add https://github.com/Red-Folder/Availability-Monitor-Plugin.git
• Amend the hello\www\config.xml, replace any existing content node with: <content src="availabilityMonitor.html" /> (add the content node if not already present)
• cordova build

You should be able to run this example. To use the example:

Create the monitor, for example:

• Name: "Test"
• Frequency: 1 (this is in minutes)
• Type: HTTP
• Notify When Down: Unchecked
• Notify When Up: Unchecked
• Unavailable Threshold: 10
• URL: "http://www.google.com"
• Click Update

Start the Monitor Service by clicking on the Toggle

The background service will start monitoring the availability of www.google.com. This data will be saved into a database, with the results available for later use.

Further documentation can be found at https://github.com/Red-Folder/Availability-Monitor-Plugin/wiki

This is a very early version of the plugin and is under active development.

Please see the [Enhancements List] (https://github.com/Red-Folder/Availability-Monitor-Plugin/issues?labels=enhancement&page=1&state=open) for the planned changes.

If you have problems, then please log an issue: https://github.com/Red-Folder/Availability-Monitor-Plugin/issues?state=open

As the plugin is updated (for new features or fixes) I will tweet via @FolderRed and blog http://red-folder.blogspot.co.uk/

If you find the Background Service Plugin useful then spread the love.

All the work I do on the Plugin is done in my spare time - time I would otherwise be spending taking my wife out for a nice meal or helping my lad find vinyl records (he's currently very much into The Smiths, Fleetwood Mac and Kate Bush).

The Plugin is free and will always remain free. I will continue to develop, maintain and distribute the Plugin under the MIT License.

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