cordova-plugin-x-toast

PhoneGap Toast plugin

for Android, iOS and WP8, by Eddy Verbruggen

For a quick demo app and easy code samples, check out the plugin page at the Verified Plugins Marketplace: http://plugins.telerik.com/plugin/toast

0. Index

1. Description
2. Screenshots
3. Installation 3. Automatically (CLI / Plugman) 3. Manually 3. PhoneGap Build
4. Usage
5. Credits
6. Changelog
7. License

1. Description

This plugin allows you to show a native Toast (a little text popup) on iOS, Android and WP8. It's great for showing a non intrusive native notification which is guaranteed always in the viewport of the browser.

• You can choose where to show the Toast: at the top, center or bottom of the screen.
• You can choose two durations: short (approx. 2 seconds), or long (approx. 5 seconds), after which the Toast automatically disappears.
• Compatible with Cordova Plugman.
• Officially supported by PhoneGap Build.
• Minimum iOS version is 6.

Example usages:

• "There were validation errors"
• "Account created successfully"
• "The record was deleted"
• "Login successful"
• "The battery is almost dead"
• "You are now logged out"
• "Connection failure, please try again later"

2. Screenshots

iOS

Android

Windows Phone 8

3. Installation

Automatically (CLI / Plugman)

Toast is compatible with Cordova Plugman, compatible with PhoneGap 3.0 CLI, here's how it works with the CLI (backup your project first!):

Using the Cordova CLI and the Cordova Plugin Registry

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-x-toast
$ cordova prepare

Or using the phonegap CLI

$ phonegap local plugin add cordova-plugin-x-toast

Toast.js is brought in automatically. There is no need to change or add anything in your html.

Manually

You'd better use the CLI, but here goes:

1. Add the following xml to your config.xml in the root directory of your www folder:

<!-- for iOS -->
<feature name="Toast">
  <param name="ios-package" value="Toast" />
</feature>

<!-- for Android -->
<feature name="Toast">
  <param name="android-package" value="nl.xservices.plugins.Toast" />
</feature>

<!-- for WP8 -->
<feature name="Toast">
  <param name="wp-package" value="Toast"/>
</feature>

For iOS, you'll need to add the QuartzCore.framework to your project (it's for automatically removing the Toast after a few seconds). Click your project, Build Phases, Link Binary With Libraries, search for and add QuartzCore.framework.

2. Grab a copy of Toast.js, add it to your project and reference it in index.html:

<script type="text/javascript" src="js/Toast.js"></script>

3. Download the source files and copy them to your project.

iOS: Copy the two .h and two .m files to platforms/ios/<ProjectName>/Plugins

Android: Copy Toast.java to platforms/android/src/nl/xservices/plugins (create the folders)

WP8: Copy Toast.cs to platforms/wp8/Plugins/nl.x-services.plugins.toast (create the folders)

PhoneGap Build

Toast works with PhoneGap build too, but only with PhoneGap 3.0 and up.

Just add the following xml to your config.xml to always use the latest version of this plugin:

<gap:plugin name="cordova-plugin-x-toast" source="npm" />

Toast.js is brought in automatically. There is no need to change or add anything in your html.

4. Usage

Showing a Toast

You have two choices to make when showing a Toast: where to show it and for how long.

• show(message, duration, position)
• duration: 'short', 'long'
• position: 'top', 'center', 'bottom'

You can also use any of these convenience methods:

• showShortTop(message)
• showShortCenter(message)
• showShortBottom(message)
• showLongTop(message)
• showLongCenter(message)
• showLongBottom(message)

You can copy-paste these lines of code for a quick test:

<button onclick="window.plugins.toast.showShortTop('Hello there!', function(a){console.log('toast success: ' + a)}, function(b){alert('toast error: ' + b)})">Toast showShortTop</button>
<button onclick="window.plugins.toast.showLongBottom('Hello there!', function(a){console.log('toast success: ' + a)}, function(b){alert('toast error: ' + b)})">Toast showLongBottom</button>
<button onclick="window.plugins.toast.show('Hello there!', 'long', 'center', function(a){console.log('toast success: ' + a)}, function(b){alert('toast error: ' + b)})">Toast show long center</button>

Tweaking the vertical position

Since 2.1.0 you can add pixels to move the toast up or down. Note that showWithOptions can be used instead of the functions above, but it's not useful unless you want to pass addPixelsY.

function showBottom() {
  window.plugins.toast.showWithOptions(
    {
      message: "hey there",
      duration: "short",
      position: "bottom",
      addPixelsY: -40  // added a negative value to move it up a bit (default 0)
    },
    onSuccess, // optional
    onError    // optional
  );
}

Hiding a Toast

In case you want to hide a Toast manually, call this:

function hide() {
  // this function takes an optional success callback, but you can do without just as well
  window.plugins.toast.hide();
}

Receiving a callback when a Toast is tapped

On iOS and Android the success handler of your show function will be notified (again) when the toast was tapped.

So the first time the success handler fires is when the toast is shown, and in case the user taps the toast it will be called again. You can distinguish between those events of course:

  window.plugins.toast.showWithOptions(
    {
      message: "hey there",
      duration: "short",
      position: "bottom",
      addPixelsY: -40,  // (optional) added a negative value to move it up a bit (default 0)
      data: {'foo','bar'} // (optional) pass in a JSON object here (it will be sent back in the success callback below)
    },
    // implement the success callback
    function(result) {
      if (result && result.event) {
        console.log("The toast was tapped");
        console.log("Event: " + result.event); // will be defined, with a value of "touch" when it was tapped by the user
        console.log("Message: " + result.message); // will be equal to the message you passed in
        console.log("data.foo: " + result.data.foo); // .. retrieve passed in data here
      } else {
        console.log("The toast has been shown");
      }
    }
  );

WP8 quirks

The WP8 implementation needs a little more work, but it's perfectly useable when you keep this in mind:

• You can't show two Toasts simultaneously.
• Wait until the first Toast is hidden before the second is shown, otherwise the second one will be hidden quickly.
• The positioning of the bottom-aligned Toast is not perfect, but keep it down to 1 or 2 lines of text and you're fine.

5. CREDITS

This plugin was enhanced for Plugman / PhoneGap Build by Eddy Verbruggen. The Android code was entirely created by me. For iOS most credits go to this excellent [Toast for iOS project by Charles Scalesse] (https://github.com/scalessec/Toast).

6. CHANGELOG

2.3.0: The plugin will now report back to JS if Toasts were tapped by the user.

2.0.1: iOS messages are hidden when another one is shown. Thanks Richie Min!

2.0: WP8 support

1.0: initial version supporting Android and iOS

7. License

The MIT License (MIT)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.