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+/// <reference path='../cordova/cordova.d.ts'  />
+/// <reference path='./cordova-plugin-background-mode.d.ts' />
+
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.setDefaults({ silent: true });
+
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.enable();
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.isEnabled();
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.isActivated();
+
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.configure({ text: 'Insane Title' });
+
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.onactivate = () => { }
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.ondeactivate = () => { }
+cordova.plugins.backgroundMode.onfailure = (errorCode) => { }
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diff --git a/cordova-plugin-background-mode/cordova-plugin-background-mode.d.ts b/cordova-plugin-background-mode/cordova-plugin-background-mode.d.ts
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+// Type definitions for Apache Background Mode plugin
+// Project: https://github.com/katzer/cordova-plugin-background-mode
+// Definitions by: Paul Thiel <https://github.com/Lordnoname>
+// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+
+/**
+ * The plugin prevent the app from going to sleep while in background
+ */
+interface CordovaPluginBackgroundMode {
+
+  /**
+   * The background mode can be enabled
+   */
+  enable(): void;
+  /**
+   * The background mode can be disabled
+   */
+  disable(): void;
+  /**
+   * Checks if the background mode is enabled or not
+   */
+  isEnabled(): boolean;
+  /**
+   * Checks if the background mode is activated or not
+   */
+  isActivated(): boolean;
+  /**
+   * Function to get notified when the background mode has been activated
+   */
+  onactivate(): void;
+  /**
+   * Function to get notified when the background mode has been deactivated
+   */
+  ondeactivate(): void;
+  /**
+   * Function to get notified when the background could not benn activated
+   */
+  onfailure(callback: (errorCode: number) => void): void;
+  /**
+   * Customize default title, ticker and text for the notification
+   */
+  setDefaults(item: ICordovaPluginBackgroundModeNotificationItem): void;
+  /**
+   * Configure the default background notification
+   */
+  configure(item: ICordovaPluginBackgroundModeNotificationItem): void;
+}
+
+interface ICordovaPluginBackgroundModeNotificationItem {
+
+  /**
+   * The title of the notification displayed in background mode
+   */
+  title?: string,
+  /**
+   * The ticker of the notification displayed in background mode
+   */
+  ticker?: string,
+  /**
+   * The body of the notification displayed in background mode
+   */
+  text?: string,
+  /**
+   * Handles if app is coming to foreground when tapping on the notification
+   */
+  resume?: boolean,
+  /**
+   * Handles if there is a notification when background is activated
+   */
+  silent?: boolean
+}
+
+interface CordovaPlugins {
+
+  backgroundMode: CordovaPluginBackgroundMode
+}
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