Cordova backbutton Event Never Firing

Question

I am overriding my device back button per the documentation that I attach event listener to backbutton with argument of false after the devicerea

Answer 1

Try This

    $(document).ready(function () {

        document.addEventListener("backbutton", onBackKeyDown, false);
    });
    function onBackKeyDown() {
        alert('ok backey downed');
    }

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