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+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Plugin, CordovaInstance, IonicNativePlugin,  } from '@ionic-native/core';
+
+declare const window: any;
+
+export enum UploadState {
+  UPLOADED = 'UPLOADED',
+  FAILED = 'FAILED',
+  UPLOADING = 'UPLOADING',
+}
+
+export type UploadStateType = keyof typeof UploadState;
+
+export interface UploadEvent{
+  id?: string,	// id of the upload
+  state?: UploadStateType,	// state of the upload (either UPLOADING, UPLOADED or FAILED)
+  statusCode?: number, // response code returned by server after upload is completed
+  serverResponse?: any,	// server response received after upload is completed
+  error?: any, // error message in case of failure
+  errorCode?: number, // error code for any exception encountered
+  progress?: any, // progress for ongoing upload
+  eventId?: string	// id of the event
+}
+
+export interface FTMPayloadOptions {
+  id: string,
+  filePath: string,
+  fileKey?: string,
+  serverUrl: string,
+  notificationTitle?: string,
+  headers?: {
+    [name: string]: string
+  },
+  parameters?: {
+    [name: string]: string
+  }
+  [prop: string]: any;
+}
+
+export interface FTMOptions {
+  callBack: (event: UploadEvent) => any;
+  config?: {
+    parallelUploadsLimit?: number;
+  }
+}
+
+export class FileTransferManager {
+  private _objectInstance: any;
+
+  constructor(options: FTMOptions ) {
+    this._objectInstance = window.FileTransferManager.init(options.config, options.callBack);
+  }
+
+  @CordovaInstance()
+  startUpload(payload: FTMPayloadOptions): void {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  @CordovaInstance()
+  removeUpload(id: any): Promise<any> {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  @CordovaInstance()
+  acknowledgeEvent(id: string): Promise<any> {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  @CordovaInstance()
+  destroy(): Promise<any> {
+    return;
+  }
+
+}
+
+/**
+ * @name BackgroundUpload
+ * @description
+ * This plugin does something
+ *
+ * @usage
+ * ```typescript
+ * import { BackgroundUpload } from '@ionic-native/background-upload/ngx';
+ *
+ *
+ * constructor(private backgroundUpload: BackgroundUpload) { }
+ *
+ * ...
+ *
+ *
+ * this.backgroundUpload.init({})
+ *   .then((res: any) => console.log(res))
+ *   .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
+ *
+ * ```
+ */
+@Plugin({
+  pluginName: 'BackgroundUpload',
+  plugin: 'cordova-plugin-background-upload',
+  pluginRef: 'FileTransferManager',
+  repo: 'https://github.com/spoonconsulting/cordova-plugin-background-upload',
+  install: 'ionic cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-background-upload',
+  platforms: ['Android', 'iOS'],
+})
+@Injectable()
+export class BackgroundUpload extends IonicNativePlugin {
+  FileTransferManager = FileTransferManager;
+
+  init(options: FTMOptions): FileTransferManager {
+    return new FileTransferManager(options)
+  }
+}