Tries with bg timer

Author: jsdario

README.md

@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ It is a bit complicated, and we developed it with 0 knowledge from Android or Ja
 git clone https://github.com/jsdario/react-native-android-widget-poc
 cd react-native-android-widget-poc
 npm install # or yarn install
+react-native link react-native-background-timer # to avoid the main thread
 react-native run-android
 ```
 
 To build your own android widget start from this project as a widget and hack upon or replicate the strategy to make it work.
 
 ### How it works
-:construction: Needs to be filled
+:construction: This chapter is in construction
 
 ### Can I create widgets using React Native instead of Java?
 We haven't done this, but we belive that from this point has to be much easier,

android/app/build.gradle

@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ android {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    compile project(':react-native-background-timer')
     compile fileTree(dir: "libs", include: ["*.jar"])
     compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.0.1"
     compile "com.facebook.react:react-native:+"  // From node_modules

android/app/src/main/java/com/androidwidgetpoc/MainApplication.java

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import android.app.Application;
 
 import com.facebook.react.ReactApplication;
+import com.ocetnik.timer.BackgroundTimerPackage;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactNativeHost;
 import com.facebook.react.ReactPackage;
 import com.facebook.react.shell.MainReactPackage;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ public boolean getUseDeveloperSupport() {
     protected List<ReactPackage> getPackages() {
       return Arrays.<ReactPackage>asList(
           new MainReactPackage(),
+            new BackgroundTimerPackage(),
           new BackgroundTaskBridgePackage()
       );
     }

android/settings.gradle

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 rootProject.name = 'androidWidgetPoc'
+include ':react-native-background-timer'
+project(':react-native-background-timer').projectDir = new File(rootProject.projectDir, '../node_modules/react-native-background-timer/android')
 
 include ':app'