react-native-background-service

A simple React Native library inspired by react-native-background-timer for managing background service and task

Installation

npm install @dangttp/react-native-background-service

or

yarn add @dangttp/react-native-background-service

Usage

import BackgroundService from '@dangttp/react-native-background-service';

Call addBackgroundService(callback: () => void, delay: number) when you want to loop after amount of miliseconds (even in background mode) like shown below

/** In my example I use it in my App.tsx initial useEffect */

useEffect(() => {
  BackgroundService.addBackgroundService(async () => {
    const location = await fetchLocation();
    emitLocationToSocket(location);
  }, 10000);

  return () => {
    BackgroundService.stopBackgroundService();
  };
}, []);

Call stopBackgroundService() when you discard your app like shown below

useEffect(() => {
  // Your code here

  return () => {
    BackgroundService.stopBackgroundService();
  };
}, []);

License

MIT

Made with create-react-native-library