How register headless task in expo SDK 50

[vvusts]

Your Environment

• Plugin version: 4.2.4
• Platform: android
• OS version: any
• Device manufacturer / model: any
• React Native version (react-native -v): 0.73.6

Expected Behavior

Use this plugin with expo project with headless mode on.

Actual Behavior

Missing documentation on how to use headless mode in expo.

This is question, as plugin works perfectly with react native CLI (tested on most androids) even when app is terminated. Expo SDK50 doesn't have index.js file, so I don't know where to put this code:

AppRegistry.registerComponent(appName, () => App);

const backgroundFetchHeadlessTask = async (event) => {
  await Event.create...
  BackgroundFetch.finish(event.taskId);
}

/// Now register the handler.
BackgroundFetch.registerHeadlessTask(backgroundFetchHeadlessTask);

Since in expo project there is no AppRegistry.registerComponent. It could be good idea to see somewhere in documentation how to integrate plugin in expo. I mean it is easy to install it but adding this code for index file is missing.

[christocracy]

📂 package.json:

{
+  "main": "index.js"
}

• Create new file index.js:

import registerRootComponent from 'expo/build/launch/registerRootComponent';

import App from './App';

registerRootComponent(App);

// Add your HeadlessTask here
//
//

[vladimir-vucetic]

I’ll give it a try. I didn’t have idea it could be done like this in expo.