Introducing the Background Sync API
Explore how to use the Background Sync API within service workers to schedule network requests that resume automatically when the device reconnects. Understand registering sync events, managing offline data queues, and ensuring smooth user experiences during unreliable network conditions.
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Background synchronization
Background synchronization is a powerful feature that allows developers to schedule network requests to be retried automatically in the background, even if the users close the browser or navigate away from the page. This can be particularly useful when a web application needs to perform critical network operations, such as sending messages or uploading files, but network connectivity is unreliable or intermittent.
For example, a messaging application can use background synchronization to queue up messages to be sent when network connectivity is available again. This will ...