diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f2adb3..4d4077e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ If you like this plugin and want to say thanks please send a PR or donation. Bot
 1. [Description](#1-description)
 2. [Screenshots](#2-screenshots)
 3. [Installation](#3-installation)
-	3. [Automatically (CLI / Plugman)](#automatically-cli--plugman)
-	3. [Manually](#manually)
-	3. [PhoneGap Build](#phonegap-build)
+  3. [Automatically (CLI / Plugman)](#automatically-cli--plugman)
+  3. [Manually](#manually)
+  3. [PhoneGap Build](#phonegap-build)
 4. [Usage](#4-usage)
   4. [Styling](#styling)
 5. [Credits](#5-credits)
@@ -185,6 +185,24 @@ function hide() {
 }
 ```
 
+When the toast gets hidden, your success callback will be called (in case you have defined one) with the `event` property equals to `hide` (more details about the callback in the next section).
+```js
+
+  window.plugins.toast.showWithOptions({
+      message: 'My message',
+      // More config here...
+  },
+      //Success callback
+      function(args) {
+          console.log(args.event);
+          //This will print 'hide'
+      }, 
+      function(error) {
+          console.error('toast error: ', error);
+      }
+  );
+```
+
 ### Receiving a callback when a Toast is tapped
 On iOS and Android the success handler of your `show` function will be notified (again) when the toast was tapped.
 
@@ -203,17 +221,21 @@ called again. You can distinguish between those events of course:
     // implement the success callback
     function(result) {
       if (result && result.event) {
-        console.log("The toast was tapped");
-        console.log("Event: " + result.event); // will be defined, with a value of "touch" when it was tapped by the user
+        console.log("The toast was tapped or got hidden, see the value of result.event");
+        console.log("Event: " + result.event); // "touch" when the toast was touched by the user or "hide" when the toast geot hidden
         console.log("Message: " + result.message); // will be equal to the message you passed in
         console.log("data.foo: " + result.data.foo); // .. retrieve passed in data here
-      } else {
-        console.log("The toast has been shown");
+        
+        if (result.event === 'hide') {
+          console.log("The toast has been shown");
+        }
       }
     }
   );
 ```
 
+The success callback is useful when your toast is binded to a notification id in your backend and you have to mark it as `read` when the toast is done, or to update the notifications counter for iOS. The usage of this will be defined by your application logic. Use the `result.data` object to support your specific logic.
+
 ### Styling
 Since version 2.4.0 you can pass an optional `styling` object to the plugin.
 The defaults make sure the Toast looks the same as when you would not pass in the `styling` object at all.
diff --git a/src/android/nl/xservices/plugins/Toast.java b/src/android/nl/xservices/plugins/Toast.java
index 5855882..a572481 100644
--- a/src/android/nl/xservices/plugins/Toast.java
+++ b/src/android/nl/xservices/plugins/Toast.java
@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ public class Toast extends CordovaPlugin {
   // note that webView.isPaused() is not Xwalk compatible, so tracking it poor-man style
   private boolean isPaused;
 
+  private String currentMessage;
+  private JSONObject currentData;
   private static CountDownTimer _timer;
 
   @Override
   public boolean execute(String action, JSONArray args, final CallbackContext callbackContext) throws JSONException {
     if (ACTION_HIDE_EVENT.equals(action)) {
+      returnTapEvent("hide", currentMessage, currentData, callbackContext);
       hide();
       callbackContext.success();
       return true;
@@ -69,6 +72,9 @@ public class Toast extends CordovaPlugin {
       final JSONObject data = options.has("data") ? options.getJSONObject("data") : null;
       final JSONObject styling = options.optJSONObject("styling");
 
+      currentMessage = msg;
+      currentData = data;
+
       cordova.getActivity().runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
         public void run() {
           int hideAfterMs;
@@ -173,22 +179,24 @@ public class Toast extends CordovaPlugin {
                 final boolean tapped = tapX >= startX && tapX <= endX &&
                     tapY >= startY && tapY <= endY;
 
-                return tapped && returnTapEvent(msg, data, callbackContext);
+                return tapped && returnTapEvent("touch", msg, data, callbackContext);
               }
             });
           } else {
             toast.getView().setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
               @Override
               public boolean onTouch(View view, MotionEvent motionEvent) {
-                return motionEvent.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && returnTapEvent(msg, data, callbackContext);
+                return motionEvent.getAction() == MotionEvent.ACTION_DOWN && returnTapEvent("touch", msg, data, callbackContext);
               }
             });
           }
-
           // trigger show every 2500 ms for as long as the requested duration
           _timer = new CountDownTimer(hideAfterMs, 2500) {
             public void onTick(long millisUntilFinished) {toast.show();}
-            public void onFinish() {toast.cancel();}
+            public void onFinish() {
+              returnTapEvent("hide", msg, data, callbackContext);
+              toast.cancel();
+            }
           }.start();
 
           mostRecentToast = toast;
@@ -207,6 +215,7 @@ public class Toast extends CordovaPlugin {
     }
   }
 
+
   private void hide() {
     if (mostRecentToast != null) {
       mostRecentToast.cancel();
@@ -217,17 +226,16 @@ public class Toast extends CordovaPlugin {
     }
   }
 
-  private boolean returnTapEvent(String message, JSONObject data, CallbackContext callbackContext) {
+  private boolean returnTapEvent(String eventName, String message, JSONObject data, CallbackContext callbackContext) {
     final JSONObject json = new JSONObject();
     try {
-      json.put("event", "touch");
+      json.put("event", eventName);
       json.put("message", message);
       json.put("data", data);
     } catch (JSONException e) {
       e.printStackTrace();
     }
     callbackContext.success(json);
-    hide();
     return true;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
index 2a1b02c..75e8872 100644
--- a/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
+++ b/src/ios/Toast+UIView.m
@@ -185,6 +185,15 @@ static id styling;
 
 - (void)toastTimerDidFinish:(NSTimer *)timer {
     [self hideToast:(UIView *)timer.userInfo];
+    
+    // also send an event back to JS
+    NSMutableDictionary *dict = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] initWithObjectsAndKeys:msg, @"message", @"hide", @"event", nil];
+    if (data != nil) {
+        [dict setObject:data forKey:@"data"];
+    }
+    
+    CDVPluginResult* pluginResult = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:dict];
+    [commandDelegate sendPluginResult:pluginResult callbackId:callbackId];
 }
 
 - (void)handleToastTapped:(UITapGestureRecognizer *)recognizer {