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Janaki Narayanan
Janaki Narayanan

Reputation: 543

Whether IBM Mobile First supports background Services?

I want to create a mobile app that alert me when I enter certain location even though the app is closed.To achieve this the app has to run in background. I thought of doing it using IBM Mobile First.Before that I just want to clarify whether it supports background services or not?

Upvotes: 0

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Answers (1)

Bernardo Baumblatt
Bernardo Baumblatt

Reputation: 404

Despite that I never implement an background application the answer is yes as we can see in documentation of the product.

You can add code at the beginning of the application lifecycle, before the MobileFirst framework is initialized, and have full control over when to initialize the MobileFirst framework, including being able to initialize it in the background

IBM Knowledge Center - Developing MobileFirst applications

See the explanation on how to do it on topic:

Keeping the application running in the background

For Android devices and hybrid applications, to ensure that the application will continue to run in the background use WL.App.setKeepAliveInBackground(true, options).

IBM Knowledge Center - Keeping the application running in the background

Finally, specific informations about location services: MobileFirst Foundation DEV - Location services in hybrid applications

Regards, Bernardo Baumblatt.

Upvotes: 1

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