Manually pause an application in Android Phonegap

Question

Would it be possible to pause an Android PhoneGap application manually? I need to pause the application and go to background when somebody click a button. I used navigator.app.exitApp(); but it completely closes the application. I do not want to close the application just unload just like is done with the native back button. Please help, thanks.

Answer 1

Here's a solution which is similar to Joram Teusink's answer, but easier because you don't need to manually edit java code - just install a plugin with the phonegap / cordova CLI.

The plugin one function: goHome(). If you call this, the app will pause - just like pressing the home button.

Usage:

navigator.Backbutton.goHome(function() {
  console.log('success - the app will now pause')
}, function() {
  console.log('fail')
});

Installation:

phonegap local plugin add https://github.com/mohamed-salah/phonegap-backbutton-plugin.git

Here's the github page:

https://github.com/mohamed-salah/phonegap-backbutton-plugin.git