online

This is an event that fires when a PhoneGap application is online (connected to the Internet).

document.addEventListener("online", yourCallbackFunction, false);

Details

When the application's network connection changes to being online, the online event is fired.

Typically, you will want to attach an event listener with document.addEventListener once you receive the PhoneGap 'deviceready' event.

Supported Platforms

  • Android
  • BlackBerry WebWorks (OS 5.0 and higher)
  • iOS

Quick Example

document.addEventListener("online", onOnline, false);

function onOnline() {
    // Handle the online event
}

Full Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>PhoneGap Online Example</title>

    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova-1.5.0.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">

    // Call onDeviceReady when PhoneGap is loaded.
    //
    // At this point, the document has loaded but cordova-1.5.0.js has not.
    // When PhoneGap is loaded and talking with the native device,
    // it will call the event `deviceready`.
    //
    function onLoad() {
        document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
    }

    // PhoneGap is loaded and it is now safe to make calls PhoneGap methods
    //
    function onDeviceReady() {
        document.addEventListener("online", onOnline, false);
    }

    // Handle the online event
    //
    function onOnline() {
    }

    </script>
  </head>
  <body onload="onLoad()">
  </body>
</html>

iOS Quirks

During initial startup, the first online event (if applicable) will take at least a second to fire.