StargateJsApps

StargateJS hybridization library for HTML5 apps

Introduction

StargateJsApps is an hybridization library for hosted apps built around ManifoldJS approach to hybrid application.

Hosted apps are hybrid application that have their files served remotely by a web server and that are described by a manifest (W3C specification)

ManifoldJS is Cordova plugin developed by Microsoft that inject all Cordova dependency after the page is loaded, decoupling the native platform implementation with the web app.

StargateJsApps take advantage of the manifest to store it's configuration, like features to enable or remote api information.

Technical Documentation Game Module

Installation

manual

use stargate.js or stargate.min.js in dist/ folder

bower

Install stargate bower package and save to dependencies (not dev dependencies):

$ bower install -S stargatejs-apps

API Reference

Method types

S

Static You can call static methods independently from initialization of Stargate

O

Require opened stargate You can call this type of methods only after Stargate is initialized and open: when Stargate is inside hybrid app and it had already fulfilled the initialization promise.

B

Before initialize You should call this type of methods before initialization of Stargate: they usually set some callback or status needed inside initialization.

P

Return promise This type of methods return a promise that is fulfilled when operation is succeeded.

C

Use callbacks This type of methods use also or only callbacks for returning success or failure.

Stargate.isHybrid()

[Static] get hybrid container status: true when we're running inside the hybrid app

Internally it check if there is an url query parameter called "hybrid" with value 1, or if there is a cookie or a localStorage with the same name and value.

Return boolean

Stargate.getVersion()

[Static] return current Stargate version

Stargate.isInitialized()

[Static] get initialization status: true when initialization is already called

Return boolean

Stargate.isOpen()

[Static] get initialization status: true when initialization is done

Return boolean

Stargate.setAnalyticsCallback(callBackFunction)

[Before initialize] Set the callback to call when an analytic event need to be sent.

Please call this before Stargate.initialize, so it can track events logged on initialize too, like MFP.

Stargate.setConversionDataCallback(callBackFunction)

[Before initialize] Set the callback to call when converion data from AppsFlyer are received. You may need to save the data you receive, becouse you'll only got that data the first time the app is run after installation.

Please call this before Stargate.initialize, so it can call you during initialize too.

Stargate.initialize(configurations, callback)

[Use callbacks,Return promise] Initialization of Stargate, you have to pass a configuration object and a callback that will be called when initialization has been finished.

Return a promise fulfilled when initialization has been finished.

If initialize has already been called then it will log a warning and will just execute the callback and return a promise that will be immediately fulfilled.

If initialize is called when we are outside hybrid environment (see Stargate.isHybrid) then it will just execute the callback and return a promise that will be immediately fulfilled.

The callback is called with a boolean result indicating if we are inside hybrid environment or not (see Stargate.isHybrid). Also the promise is fullfilled with the same boolean result.

Configurations parameter

It's a javascript object with configurations.

Option	Type	Description	Default
modules	Array of string	List of modules to initialize	["mfp","iapbase","appsflyer","game"]
modules_conf	Object	Configuration of submodule	{}

modules configuration list

Value	Description
iap	InApp purchase module
iaplight	InApp purchase module based on AlexDisler/cordova-plugin-inapppurchase
mfp	Mobile Fingerprint purchase module
appsflyer	AppsFlyer module
game	Offline game module

modules_conf configuration object

Option	Description	Default
iap	InApp purchase configuration object	undefined
iaplight	InApp purchase iaplight configuration object	undefined
mfp	Mobile Fingerprint configuration object	undefined
appsflyer	AppsFlyer configuration object	undefined

modules_conf mfp configuration configuration object

Option	Description	Default	Example
country	Country to use for mfp	undefined	"it"

There are two more variable needed for Mobile FingerPrint to work and these variable are retrieved from the manifest.json inside the app:

Value	Description
namespace	namespace
label	label

modules_conf AppsFlyer configuration configuration object

Option	Description	Default	Example
autologin	(boolean) enable autologin with pony value	undefined	"true"
fieldPony	field where to look for the pony value	"af_sub1"	"af_sub2"
fieldReturnUrl	field where to look for the return url value	undefined	"af_sub5"

The AppsFlyer module permit to autologin an user coming from the Webapp, when you pass from the Webapp to AppsFlyer the token of the user in the field which value is in fieldPony.

It also permit to go to a specific url (for example the url of the content where the user choosed to install the app) after it's logged in. This is done with the fieldReturnUrl value passed to the autologin url (api.mfpSetUriTemplate value in manifest.json).

There are two more variable needed for AppsFlyer to work and these variable are retrieved from the manifest.json inside the app:

Value	Description
appstore_appid	iOS App id
appsflyer_devkey	devkey got from appsflyer

modules_conf iap configuration configuration object

Option	Description	Example
id	Product id as registred on store	"stargate.test.spec.subscription"
alias	Product alias	"Stargate Test Subscription"
type	Type of product; it can be: FREE_SUBSCRIPTION, PAID_SUBSCRIPTION, CONSUMABLE, NON_CONSUMABLE	"PAID_SUBSCRIPTION"

modules_conf iap light configuration configuration object

Option	Description	Example
productsIdAndroid	Array of Product id as registered on Google Store	["stargate.test.spec.subscription1","stargate.test.spec.subscription2"]
productsIdIos	Array of Product id as registered on Apple Store	["stargate.test.spec.ios.subscription1","stargate.test.specios..subscription2"]

Example Usage

 
var configurations = {
    modules: ["mfp", "appsflyer", "iaplight", "game"],
    modules_conf: {
        "iaplight": {
            "productsIdAndroid": ["com.mycompany.myapp.weekly.v1","com.mycompany.myapp.montly.v1"],
            "productsIdIos": ["com.mycompany.myapp.weekly.v1","com.mycompany.myapp.montly.v1"]
        },
        "mfp": {
            "country": "us"
        }
    }
};
 
var callback = function(result) {
    console.log("Stargate initialized with result: "+result);
};
 
// you can use the callback ...
Stargate.initialize(configurations, callback);
 
// ... or the promise interface
Stargate.initialize(configurations, function(){})
    .then(function(result) {
        console.log("Stargate initialized with result: "+result);
    })
    .fail(
    function(error) {
        console.error("Stargate initialization error: ", error);
    });
 

Stargate.openUrl(url)

[Require opened stargate] Open external url with InApp Browser

Stargate.checkConnection([callbackSuccess=function(){}], [callbackError=function(){}])

Example Usage

var info = Stargate.checkConnection();
Stargate.checkConnection(function(info){ console.log(info.networkState, info.type); });
// info is equal to: {'networkState': "wifi|3g|4g|none", type:"online|offline"}

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] The connection info object is updated to the last connection status change the networkState is retrieved from navigator.connection.type of cordova-plugin-network-information plugin

Stargate.getDeviceID(callbackSuccess, callbackError)

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] Call callbackSuccess with an object with the device id like this: {'deviceID': deviceID} deviceID got from uuid of device plugin

Stargate.setStatusbarVisibility(visibility, callbackSuccess, callbackError)

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] Show/hide device status bar

Parameter boolean visibility

Stargate.facebookLogin(scope, callbackSuccess, callbackError)

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] Facebook connect

Parameter string scope: scope list separeted with comma

Stargate.socialShare(options)

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Share an url on a social network

Parameters

options object

Options key	Description	Example
type	String: social network to use (chooser, facebook, twitter, whatsapp)	chooser
url	String: url to share	"http://www.google.com/?utm_source=stargate"

Returns

Promise fullfilled when sharing is done

Stargate.socialShareAvailable(options)

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Return a list of social networks application installed on user device

Parameters

options object

Options key	Description	Example
socials	Object with socials to check if available (facebook, twitter, whatsapp)	{"facebook": true, "twitter": true, "instagram": false }
url	String: url to share	"http://www.google.com/?utm_source=stargate"

Returns

Promise fullfilled with an object with social networks availablility from the ones requested with parameter "option.socials" For example:

    {
        "facebook": true,
        "twitter": true,
        "instagram": false
    }

Stargate.iaplight.getProductInfo(productId)

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Return an object with In App Product information got from store on module initialization

Parameters

productId

iap product id by which information will be returned

Returns

Promise fullfilled with an object with iap product information:

• productId - SKU / product bundle id (such as 'com.yourapp.prod1')
• title - short localized title
• description - long localized description
• price - localized price

For example:

    {
        "productId": "com.mycompany.myproduct.weekly.v1",
        "title": "Abbonamento Premium MioProdotto",
        "description": "Abonamento premium al MioProdotto",
        "price": "€0,99"
    }

Stargate.iaplight.subscribe(productId)

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Request subscription of In App Product on store

Parameters

productId

iap product id to subscribe to

Returns

Promise fullfilled with an object with the following keys:

• transactionId - The transaction/order id
• productId - productId purchased
• purchaseDate - purchase ISO date string format
• purchaseTime - purchase Timestamp

For example:

    {
        "productId": "com.mycompany.myproduct.weekly.v1",
        "purchaseDate": "2017-04-18T09:19:41.000Z",
        "purchaseTime": "1492507181",
        "transactionId": "123412341234"
    }

Stargate.iaplight.subscribeReceipt(productId)

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Request subscription of In App Product on store

Parameters

productId

iap product id to subscribe to

Returns

If successful, the promise resolves to an object with the following attributes that you will need for the receipt validation:

• transactionId - The transaction/order id
• receipt - On iOS it will be the base64 string of the receipt, on Android it will be a string of a json with all the transaction details required for validation such as {"orderId":"...","packageName:"...","productId":"...","purchaseTime":"...", "purchaseState":"...","purchaseToken":"..."}
• signature - On Android it can be used to consume a purchase. On iOS it will be an empty string.
• productType - On Android it can be used to consume a purchase. On iOS it will be an empty string.

Receipt validation: - To validate your receipt, you will need the receipt and signature on Android and the receipt and transactionId on iOS.

For example:

 
var ResultAndroid = {
    "signature":"base64encodedstring",
    "productId":"product.id",
    "transactionId":"fvjpwjfoviwjeovijwepvin",
    "type":"subs",
    "productType":"subs",
    "receipt":"{\"packageName\":\"com.mycompany.myproduct\", \"productId\":\"product.id\", \"purchaseTime\":1510670063, \"purchaseState\":0, \"purchaseToken\":\"4rbQnUwZHb_wwZ\", \"autoRenewing\":true }"
};
 
var ResultIos = {
    "transactionId": "1000000221696692",
    "receipt": "base64encodedstring"
};
 

Stargate.iaplight.restore()

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Request restore of In App Products already purchased on store

Returns

If successful, the promise resolves to:

• false if no valid subscription restored
• {id: {...}} map of productId with valid subscription restored

For example:

    false

Stargate.iaplight.getActiveSubscriptionsInfo()

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Request list of In App Products with an active subscription

Returns

If successful, the promise resolves to:

• {id: {...}} map of productId with active subscription

For example on Android:

    {
        "com.mycompany.myproduct.weekly.v1": {
            "packageName": "com.mycompany.myproduct","productId": "com.mycompany.myproduct.weekly.v1",
            "purchaseTime": 1491209382421,
            "purchaseState": 0,
            "purchaseToken": "nknmjmadpdhibpnaeibbxxxx",
            "autoRenewing": true
        }
    }
 

Stargate.iaplight.isSubscribed(productId)

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Return a promise returning a boolean that represent the subscription validity status. On iOS it execute the local decode of iOS receipt. On Android it perform a restore, than it check if there is the product requested and if it's valid.

Parameters

productId

iap product id subscribed to

Returns

Promise fullfilled with a Boolean that is the validity of the subscription of the requested productId

Usage example:

    Stargate.iaplight.isSubscribed("com.mycompany.myproduct")
    .then(function(subsciptionStatus){
        console.log("Stargate.iaplight.isSubscribed",subsciptionStatus);
        if ( subsciptionStatus ) {
            console.log("SuscriptionOK")
        } else {
            console.warn("SubscriptionKO, request to pay!")
        }
    }).catch(function(err){
                console.error( "Stargate.iaplight.isSubscribedERROR", err);
    })

Stargate.iaplight Errors Code

android error codes:

  public static final int INVALID_ARGUMENTS = -1;
  public static final int UNABLE_TO_INITIALIZE = -2;
  public static final int BILLING_NOT_INITIALIZED = -3;
  public static final int UNKNOWN_ERROR = -4;
  public static final int USER_CANCELLED = -5;
  public static final int BAD_RESPONSE_FROM_SERVER = -6;
  public static final int VERIFICATION_FAILED = -7;
  public static final int ITEM_UNAVAILABLE = -8;
  public static final int ITEM_ALREADY_OWNED = -9;
  public static final int ITEM_NOT_OWNED = -10;
  public static final int CONSUME_FAILED = -11;

iOS error codes:

    NSInteger const RMStoreErrorCodeDownloadCanceled = 300;
    NSInteger const RMStoreErrorCodeUnknownProductIdentifier = 100;
    NSInteger const RMStoreErrorCodeUnableToCompleteVerification = 200;

common error codes:

  101: 'invalid argument - productIds must be an array of strings',
  102: 'invalid argument - productId must be a string',
  103: 'invalid argument - product type must be a string',
  104: 'invalid argument - receipt must be a string of a json',
  105: 'invalid argument - signature must be a string',

Errors arrive as objects like this:

    {
        errorCode: xxx,
        code: xxx,
    }

Stargate.push.setScheduledNotify(parameters)

[Require opened stargate,Return promise] Request an auto push (local notification) on a specific date

Parameters

options object

Options key	Description	Example
title	[required] String title of notification	Stargate
text	[required] String text of notification	Check out this cool library for hybrid apps!
date	[required] Date when the notification will show up	new Date(new Date() + 5*1000)
deeplink	[required] String url of a specific webapp page	"http://www.stargate.com/#!/route/to/mypushedcontent"

Returns

Promise fullfilled with boolean result status

Stargate.facebookShare(url, callbackSuccess, callbackError)

@deprecated since 0.5.0

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] Facebook sharing

Parameter string url: shared url

Stargate.inAppPurchaseSubscription(callbackSuccess, callbackError, subscriptionUrl, returnUrl)

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] IAP subscription

Stargate.inAppRestore(callbackSuccess, callbackError, subscriptionUrl, returnUrl)

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] IAP restore

Stargate.inAppProductInfo(productId, callbackSuccess, callbackError)

[Require opened stargate,Use callbacks] IAP product information

Call callbacks with information about a product got from store

productId - product id about to query for information on store

callbackSuccess - a function that will be called when information are ready

callbackError - a function that will be called in case of error

// example of object sent to success callback
{
    "id": "stargate.test.spec.product1",
    "alias": "Test Spec Product 1",
    "title": "Test Spec Product 1",
    "description": "Test Spec Product 1",
    "currency": "EUR",
    "price": "0,99 €",
    "type": "paid subscription",
    "canPurchase": true,
    "downloaded": false,
    "downloading": false,
    "loaded": true,
    "owned": false,
    "state": "valid",
    "transaction": null,
    "valid": true
}

Stargate.getAppInformation()

[Require opened stargate] return {object} with this information:

Value	Description
cordova	Cordova version
manufacturer	device manufacter
model	device model
platform	platform (Android, iOs, etc)
deviceId	device UUID
version	platform version
packageVersion	package version
packageName	package name ie: com.stargatejs.test
packageBuild	package build number
stargate	stargate version
stargateModules	modules initialized
stargateError	initialization error

Stargate.getAvailableFeatures()

[Require opened stargate] return {array} with list of features available in native, defined in manifest.json inside the package

Internal design

stargate configuration

Inside manifest there is an object that holds all configuration options of Stargate. This configuration is loaded with ManifoldJS hostedwebapp plugin.

initialization and device ready

1. Stargate.initialize() save user configuration sent as parameter and attach to the cordova deviceready event the internal function onDeviceReady()
2. onDeviceReady() request all needed data from plugin and internal async modules; wait for all request to complete, save the data received and call onPluginReady()
3. onPluginReady() is the main internal initialization function where all syncronous processing is performed

gulp tasks

• build (default task)
• lint
• test
• karma (--browsers=[PhantomJS]|Chrome)
• watch

release process

1. github PR your feature branch to develop
2. github PR develop to master
3. git checkout master
4. git pull
5. npm version (minor|patch)
6. git push
7. git push --tags

==to automate==

travis-ci

Travis build the project on every push and check for lint and test errors. It also send the test coverage to coveralls.io

cordova plugin

All public api of Stargate requires some cordova plugins to be available in the app. This is a list of the plugin used by the various function of Stargate:

Functionality	Cordova plugin required
initialize	ManifoldJS D-Mobilelab fork
initialize	cordova-plugin-app-version
initialize	cordova-plugin-device
initialize	cordova-plugin-splashscreen
update offline files	cordova-plugin-code-push
iaplight	AlexDisler/cordova-plugin-inapppurchase
iap	j3k0/cordova-plugin-purchase
socialShare	EddyVerbruggen/SocialSharing-PhoneGap-Plugin
appsflyer	cordova-plugin-appsflyer
push	katzer/cordova-plugin-local-notifications

offline and app launch

We have an html page on www folder of cordova project that check if there is network connectivity and if so go to the webapp, where HostedWebApp will inject the cordova.js. If there isn't connectivity it goes to an offline version of the site, that can be only a message or can be a full app.

Contribute

• git clone
• npm install
• bower install
• gulp build