Overview

Reteno for Ionic uses the cordova-plugin-reteno plugin with the Ionic Native wrapper package awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno.

Supported stack

Ionic app with Cordova runtime
iOS 15.0+
Android with cordova-android >= 12.0.0

Install Plugin and Wrapper

1. Install Cordova plugin

ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-reteno --variable SDK_ACCESS_KEY=YOUR_KEY

2. Install wrapper (`awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno`)

Pick the wrapper major version that matches your installed @awesome-cordova-plugins/core (the core package tracks Ionic ecosystem majors). The plugin API is identical across v5–v9.

Wrapper version	`@awesome-cordova-plugins/core`	Install
`awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@5`	`^5.45.0`	`npm install awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@5 @awesome-cordova-plugins/core@5`
`awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@6`	`^6.16.0`	`npm install awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@6 @awesome-cordova-plugins/core@6`
`awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@7`	`^7.0.1`	`npm install awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@7 @awesome-cordova-plugins/core@7`
`awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@8`	`^8.1.0`	`npm install awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@8 @awesome-cordova-plugins/core@8`
`awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@9`	`^9.1.2`	`npm install awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@9 @awesome-cordova-plugins/core@9`

If you already have @awesome-cordova-plugins/core installed, keep that major and install the matching wrapper:

# Example: core already at v8 — install wrapper v8
npm install awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno@8

Fresh install of latest:

npm install awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno @awesome-cordova-plugins/core

3. Register provider

import { AwesomeCordovaPluginReteno } from 'awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno';

@NgModule({
  providers: [AwesomeCordovaPluginReteno],
})
export class AppModule {}

Initialize the SDK

Call init(...) after Platform.ready():

import { Platform } from '@ionic/angular';
import { AwesomeCordovaPluginReteno } from 'awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno';

constructor(
  private platform: Platform,
  private reteno: AwesomeCordovaPluginReteno,
) {
  this.platform.ready().then(async () => {
    await this.reteno.init({
      isDebugMode: false,
      pauseInAppMessages: false,
      pausePushInAppMessages: false,
      inAppMessagesPauseBehaviour: 'POSTPONE_IN_APPS',
      lifecycleTrackingOptions: {
        appLifecycleEnabled: true,
        foregroundLifecycleEnabled: false,
        pushSubscriptionEnabled: true,
        sessionStartEventsEnabled: true,
        sessionEndEventsEnabled: true,
      },
      sessionDurationSeconds: 30 * 60,
      isAutomaticScreenReportingEnabled: false, // iOS only
    });
  });
}

Options reference

All fields are optional.

Option	Type	iOS	Android	Notes
`accessKey`	`string`	✅	✅	Overrides `SDK_ACCESS_KEY` from `config.xml`. Usually not needed.
`isDebugMode`	`boolean`	✅	✅	Enables near real-time event monitoring for test devices.
`pauseInAppMessages`	`boolean`	✅	✅	Start SDK with in-app messages paused.
`pausePushInAppMessages`	`boolean`	—	✅	Android-only. Safe to pass on iOS (ignored).
`inAppMessagesPauseBehaviour`	`'SKIP_IN_APPS' \| 'POSTPONE_IN_APPS'`	✅	—	iOS-only via `init()`. On Android use runtime method in In-AppMessages.
`isAutomaticScreenReportingEnabled`	`boolean`	✅	—	iOS-only. Not recommended in hybrid WebView apps; use `logScreenView()` manually.
`lifecycleTrackingOptions`	`object \| 'ALL' \| 'NONE'`	✅	✅	See App Lifecycle Events. On iOS, set before/inside `init()`.
`sessionDurationSeconds`	`number`	✅	✅	Optional session reset duration (Android 2.9.4+, iOS 2.7.0+).

Access key

Recommended: set SDK_ACCESS_KEY in config.xml (or via ionic cordova plugin add --variable SDK_ACCESS_KEY=...). The plugin reads it automatically, so passing accessKey in JS is optional.

Calling `init()` multiple times

init() is idempotent: after first successful call, next calls resolve immediately without re-initializing native SDK. Options from later calls are ignored.

TypeScript Types

All payload and response types are exported from the wrapper package. Prefer them over any for better autocompletion and type safety:

import {
  AwesomeCordovaPluginReteno,
  RetenoInitializeOptions,
  SetUserAttributesPayload,
  LogEventPayload,
  LogEcommerceEventPayload,
  NotificationPresentationOption,
  InAppLifecyclePayload,
  AppInboxMessage,
  AppInboxMessages,
  GetRecommendationsPayload,
  RecommendationsResponse,
  RetenoPushButtonClickedPayload,
} from 'awesome-cordova-plugins-reteno';

Setup Guides

iOS
Android

Capacitor developers should use the dedicated sections inside platform setup guides:

Feature guides

Licence

Reteno Cordova plugin is released under MIT. See LICENSE.