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offline

The event fires when an application goes offline, and the device is not connected to the Internet.

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

Details

The offline event fires when a previously connected device loses a network connection so that an application can no longer access the Internet. It relies on the same information as the Connection API, and fires when the connection.type changes from NONE to any other value.

Applications typically should use document.addEventListener to attach an event listener once the deviceready event fires.

Supported Platforms

  • Amazon Fire OS
  • Android
  • BlackBerry WebWorks 5.0+
  • iOS
  • Windows Phone 7 and 8
  • Tizen
  • Windows 8

Quick Example

document.addEventListener("offline", onOffline, false);

function onOffline() {
    // Handle the offline event
}

Full Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Offline Example</title>

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

    // Wait for device API libraries to load
    //
    function onLoad() {
        document.addEventListener("deviceready", onDeviceReady, false);
    }

    // device APIs are available
    //
    function onDeviceReady() {
        document.addEventListener("offline", onOffline, false);
    }

    // Handle the offline event
    //
    function onOffline() {
    }

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

iOS Quirks

During initial startup, the first offline event (if applicable) takes at least a second to fire.

Windows Phone 7 Quirks

When running in the Emulator, the connection.status is always unknown, so this event does not fire.

Windows Phone 8 Quirks

The Emulator reports the connection type as Cellular, which does not change, so the event does not fire.