Well if one wants to go through this rabbit-hole of Objective-C, your plugin can load itself (on a class level) without Cordova's help, see this blog post for the +load method: http://www.mikeash.com/pyblog/friday-qa-2009-05-22-objective-c-class-loading-and-initialization.html
This is in fact how the Pushwoosh PhoneGap plugin loads itself so it can method swizzle the AppDelegate methods: https://github.com/shaders/phonegap-cordova-push-notifications/blob/master/iOS/Plugins/PushRuntime.m#L111-L139 On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 8:20 AM, <axel.nenn...@telekom.de> wrote: > Yep, definitely sounds the same issue I was experiencing. > > > > Although I am not sure whether to put onload=true in plugin.xml really is > the right solution in general. > > If you want your app to be started on the first tap it is the only > solution. > > If you open your app then you can call some method of phonegap-nfc and the > plugin is initialized and you do not have this problem. > > A plugin that needs to react to intent filters on Android needs > onload=true. > > A plugin that needs to react to e.g. a file being opened on IOS needs > onload=true because the plugin needs to register itself for this event. > > > > *This not related to phonegap-nfc only. All plugins that need OS-Events > currently need onload=true.* > > > > But what Cordova is missing is a way for a plugin to express this: I want > to get OS-Events (like onNewIntent on Android) but I do not need to be > loaded on startup. > > Each line in PluginManager.java like this “if (entry.plugin != null) {” > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/blob/master/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/PluginManager.java#L307 > > currently prevents an OS-Event to be propagated to a plugin. > > The only way to get the event is to set “onload=true” or use a plugin > method (thus creating a plugin instance). > > > > But if the plugin only needs to get events after the app is started (like > e.g. reading an NFC tag through the app) then creating the plugin instance > is wasting startup time and memory resources. > > > > I suggest to have > > <feature…> > > <param name=”osevents” value=”true” /> > > > > and change all the line in PluginManager from > > “if (entry.plugin != null) {” > > to > > “if (entry.plugin != null || (entry.osevent==true && > entry.createPlugin(this.app, this.ctx)!=null)) {” > > > > Changing > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/blob/master/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/PluginEntry.java > > and the parser in PluginManager is simple… > > > https://github.com/apache/cordova-android/blob/master/framework/src/org/apache/cordova/PluginManager.java#L147 > > > > Although this new osevent param would need support in all platforms and > docs and tests. Not a half-hour project… > > > > Have fun > > Axel > > > > > > *From:* Don Coleman [mailto:notificati...@github.com] > *Sent:* Saturday, November 16, 2013 5:37 PM > *To:* chariotsolutions/phonegap-nfc > *Cc:* AxelNennker > *Subject:* [phonegap-nfc] Add onload for android (#105) > > > > See @AxelNennker <https://github.com/AxelNennker> doc updates > https://github.com/apache/cordova-docs/pull/154/files > > Might fix #99 <https://github.com/chariotsolutions/phonegap-nfc/issues/99> > ? > > — > Reply to this email directly or view it on > GitHub<https://github.com/chariotsolutions/phonegap-nfc/issues/105> > .[image: Description: Image removed by sender.] >
