Cordova-background-geolocation-lt window.BackgroundGeolocation undefined

The project is a TypeScript project.

I installed cordova-background-geolocation-lt with

ionic plugin add cordova-background-geolocation-lt

and tried to implement it as a replacement for the older cordova-plugin-mauron85-background-geolocation plugin, but I kept getting variations of the following error.

10    275176   group    EXCEPTION: Error: Uncaught (in promise): TypeError: window.BackgroundGeolocation is undefined

I get the error even if I access it in the constructor of app.ts

platform.ready().then(() => {
    // Okay, so the platform is ready and our plugins are available.
    // Here you can do any higher level native things you might need.
    StatusBar.styleDefault();

    window.BackgroundGeolocation.onMotionchange(
        (isMoving) => {
            console.log('[js] BackgroundGeoLocation::onMotionChange: ', isMoving);
        },
        (error) => {
            console.log('[js] BackgroundGeoLocation::onMotionChange error: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
        }
    );
});

ionic info:

Cordova CLI: 6.1.1
Gulp version:  CLI version 3.9.1
Gulp local:   Local version 3.9.1
Ionic Framework Version: 2.0.0-beta.6
Ionic CLI Version: 2.0.0-beta.25
Ionic App Lib Version: 2.0.0-beta.15
OS:
Node Version: v4.4.3

ionic plugin list:

com.transistorsoft.cordova.background-geolocation 1.5.1 "BackgroundGeolocation"
cordova-plugin-console 1.0.3 "Console"
cordova-plugin-dantelo-phonestate 0.0.1 "PhoneState"
cordova-plugin-device 1.1.2 "Device"
cordova-plugin-splashscreen 3.2.2 "Splashscreen"
cordova-plugin-statusbar 2.1.3 "StatusBar"
cordova-plugin-whitelist 1.2.2 "Whitelist"
ionic-plugin-keyboard 2.0.1 "Keyboard"

Update: To reproduce the error in a few steps.

I created a new project with

ionic start Test blank --v2 --ts
cd Test
ionic plugin add https://github.com/transistorsoft/cordova-background-geolocation-lt.git
ionic platform add android

The last line adds any dependencies cordova-background-geolocation-lt has.

I then modified app.ts by adding

declare var window:any;

after the imports, and

window.BackgroundGeolocation.onMotionchange(
    (isMoving) => {
        console.log('[js] BackgroundGeoLocation::onMotionChange: ', isMoving);
    },
    (error) => {
        console.log('[js] BackgroundGeoLocation::onMotionChange error: ' + JSON.stringify(error));
    }
);

to the constructor, as see above.

Running ionic serve -l -c -s will then fail with the undefined error mentioned above.

I’m facing same problem. Have you solved it?

I never got it to work on the browser, but it works on the mobile devices.