diff --git a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-checking-target/article.md b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-checking-target/article.md
index f83fd7c0..fcf385d5 100644
--- a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-checking-target/article.md
+++ b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-checking-target/article.md
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
-Use the following code in case you need to check somewhere in your code the platform you are running against:
-
-Basic usage of the `application` module in a component:
+Basic usage of the `application` module in a component to apply different code on Android and iOS
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diff --git a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/app-using-android-specifics.component.ts b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/app-using-android-specifics.component.ts
index 04f57256..9c923ccb 100644
--- a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/app-using-android-specifics.component.ts
+++ b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/app-using-android-specifics.component.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,24 @@ export class AppUsingAndroidExampleComponent {
console.log("We are running on Android device!");
this.isItemVisible = true;
+ // >> app-class-properties
+ // import { android as androidApp } from "tns-core-modules/application";
+ let isPaused = androidApp.paused; // e.g. false
+ let packageName = androidApp.packageName; // The package ID e.g. org.nativescript.nativescriptsdkexamplesng
+ let nativeApp = androidApp.nativeApp; // The native APplication reference
+ let foregroundActivity = androidApp.foregroundActivity; // The current Activity reference
+ let currentContext = androidApp.currentContext; // The current Android context
+ let context = androidApp.context; console.log(context); // The current Android context
+ // << app-class-properties
+
// >> app-android-dirs-code
this.fileList = [];
this.appContext = androidApp.context;
+
+ // https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getFilesDir()
this.filesDir = this.appContext.getFilesDir();
+
+ // https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/Context.html#getCacheDir()
this.cacheDir = this.appContext.getCacheDir();
let files = this.appContext.fileList();
@@ -37,8 +51,9 @@ export class AppUsingAndroidExampleComponent {
this.batteryLife = "0";
let that = this;
+ // Broadcast Receiver https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/BroadcastReceiver
androidApp.registerBroadcastReceiver(android.content.Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED,
- function onReceiveCallback(context: android.content.Context, intent: android.content.Intent) {
+ function onReceiveCallback(androidContext: android.content.Context, intent: android.content.Intent) {
let level = intent.getIntExtra(android.os.BatteryManager.EXTRA_LEVEL, -1);
let scale = intent.getIntExtra(android.os.BatteryManager.EXTRA_SCALE, -1);
let percent = (level / scale) * 100.0;
@@ -51,6 +66,12 @@ export class AppUsingAndroidExampleComponent {
this.isItemVisible = false;
}
}
+
+ unregister() {
+ // >> app-android-broadcast-unregister-code
+ androidApp.unregisterBroadcastReceiver(android.content.Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGED);
+ // << app-android-broadcast-unregister-code
+ }
}
class File {
diff --git a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/article.md b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/article.md
index 90fb7c81..053279de 100644
--- a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/article.md
+++ b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-android-specifics/article.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-Using the Android Application context to get the absolute path to Files directory:
+### Application Module Android Specific Properties
+
+The application module provides a number of Android specific properties to access the Android app, context and activities.
+
+
+### Using the Android Application Context
+
+In the extended example below, the Android context is used to get the absolute path to Files directory.
+We are accessing methods from the Android SDK (like `getCacheDir` and `getFilesDir`)
-Registering a Broadcast Receiver (Android)
-
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+### Registering a Broadcast Receiver (Android)
+
+NativeScript can send/receive messages and system information though broadcast receivers.
+More on broadcast receivers in Android [here](https://developer.android.com/guide/components/broadcasts).
+
+
+### Unregistering a Broadcast Receiver (Android)
+
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diff --git a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/app-using-ios-specifics.component.ts b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/app-using-ios-specifics.component.ts
index c04ed624..e966149b 100644
--- a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/app-using-ios-specifics.component.ts
+++ b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/app-using-ios-specifics.component.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,19 @@ export class AppUsingIosExampleComponent {
constructor() {
if (iosApp) {
+ // >> app-class-properties-ios
+ // import { ios as iosApp } from "tns-core-modules/application";
+
+ // https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiapplicationdelegate?language=objc
+ let delegate = iosApp.delegate; // the iOS application delegate
+
+ let nativeApp = iosApp.nativeApp; // The native iOS app
+
+ // https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiwindow/1621581-rootviewcontroller?language=objc
+ let rootController = iosApp.rootController; // the iOS rootViewController
+
+ let window = iosApp.window; // UIWindow
+ // << app-class-properties-ios
this.isItemVisible = true;
this.batteryLife = 0;
diff --git a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/article.md b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/article.md
index 63b5dcdc..864d7948 100644
--- a/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/article.md
+++ b/app/ng-framework-modules-category/application/app-using-ios-specifics/article.md
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
-Adding a Notification Observer (iOS)
+### Application Module iOS Specific Properties
+
+The application module provides a number of iOS specific properties to access the iOS app, delegate and root view controller, etc..
+
+
+### Adding a Notification Observer (iOS)
-Removing a notification observer
+### Removing a notification observer