cdv-socket-plugin

Cordova TCP Socket Plugin

Follows the Cordova Plugin spec, so that it works with Plugman

Cordova/Phonegap Support

This plugin was tested and qualified using Cordova 3.4. The demo app contains implementation for Android and iOS. You can check that out at demo app repository

Adding the plugin

To add the plugin, just run the following command through cordova CLI:

cordova plugin add com.tlantic.plugins.socket

Using the plugin

The plugin creates a "Socket" object exposed on window.tlantic.plugins.socket. The following methods can be accessed:

• connect: opens a socket connection;
• disconnect: closes a socket connection;
• disconnectAll: closes ALL opened connections;
• send: send data using a given connection;
• receive: callback used by plugin's native code. Can be override by a custom implementation.

connect (successCallback, errorCallback, host, port)

Example:

window.tlantic.plugins.socket.connect(
  function () {
    console.log('worked!');  
  },
  
  function () {
    console.log('failed!');
  },
  '192.168.2..5',
  18002
);

disconnect (successCallback, errorCallback, host, port)

Disconnects any connection opened for a given host/port.

Example:

window.tlantic.plugins.socket.disconnect(
  function () {
    console.log('worked!');  
  },
  
  function () {
    console.log('failed!');
  },
  '192.168.2..5',
  18002
);

disconnectAll (successCallback, errorCallback)

Example:

window.tlantic.plugins.socket.connect(
  function () {
    console.log('worked!');  
  },
  
  function () {
    console.log('failed!');
  }
);

send (successCallback, errorCallback, host, port, data)

Sends information and calls success callback if information was send and does not wait for any response. To check how to receive data, please see the item below.

Example:

window.tlantic.plugins.socket.send(
  function () {
    console.log('worked!');  
  },
  
  function () {
    console.log('failed!');
  },
  '192.168.2..5',
  18002,
  'This is the data i want to send!'
);

receive (host, port, data)

This method is a callback invoked by native code through webview capabilities. You can replace this method by your own implementation. Even this way, the default implementation dispatches a JS event which can be catched listening that event. Here it goes a proper implementation regarding default method behavior:

document.addEventListener(window.tlantic.plugins.socket.receiveHookName, function (ev) {
  console.log(ev.metadata.host);    // host who sent the data
  console.log(ev.metadata.port);    // sender port
  console.log(ev.metadata.data);    // received data
});

License terms

Cordova TCP Socket Plugin
Copyright (C) 2014  Tlantic SI

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>