Cordova Plugin iOS Taptic Engine

(cordova-plugin-tapticengine v2.0.0)

Author

Matteo Pisani
E-mail: matteo.pisani.91@gmail.com
Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/matteopisani

Description

This plugin allows developer to manage Taptic Engine feedback of supported Apple devices. With a simple call to the "TapticEngine" object, vibration can be performed.

Supported Devices (Apple)

iPhone 7
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S Plus
iPad Pro

Supported OS

iOS >= 9.0

Starting

Create a new Cordova Project

$ cordova create TapticEngineApplication com.development.tapticengine TapticEngineApplication

Installing the plugin (from GIT)

Clone the plugin

$ git clone https://github.com/xonoxitron/cordova-plugin-tapticengine.git

Install the plugin

$ cd TapticEngineApplication
$ cordova -d plugin add ../cordova-plugin-tapticengine

Or alternatively

Installing the plugin (from NPM)

Clone the plugin

$ cd TapticEngineApplication
$ git clone cordova-plugin-tapticengine

Using

Edit ~/TapticEngineApplication/www/yourfile.js and add the following code inside or after that onDeviceReady event has been triggered

document.addEventListener('touchstart',function()
{
  TapticEngine.generateTapticFeedback(); // perform a vibration
},false);

Testing

Install iOS platform

cordova platform add ios

Run the code

cordova run ios

cordova run ios --device

Test Application

Inside the path ~/cordova-plugin-tapticengine/test/TapticEngineApplication there's the XCode iOS test application, just open it, build it, connect your device and deploy it in.
When test application opens TapticEngine (object) will be created.
Cordova core brings to JavaScript the object in question exposing private API of UITapticEngine Class.
By pressing the touchscreen, if your device is supported, you should feed TapticEngine vibration performed under your finger.

Package detail

cordova-plugin-tapticengine

readme