Google Analytics SDK Fundamental

Reference https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/

add permissions to Manifest.xml

  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
  <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>

Configure Gradle

project-level build.gradle:

classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:3.0.0'

app-level build.gradle:

apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'

compile library

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:10.0.1'

Get your google-services.json file

Go to here and click "GET A CONFIGURATION FILE".
Copy the google-services.json file you just downloaded into the app/ or mobile/ directory of your Android Studio project.

Add Screen Tracking

Need to do the following task:

Provide the shared tracker via an Application subclass.
Override the callback method for the foreground activity.

Provide a name for the screen and execute tracking.

1.Application

Subclass Application class like a boss

public class AnalyticsApplication extends Application {
private Tracker mTracker;

/**
* Gets the default {@link Tracker} for this {@link Application}.
* @return tracker
*/
synchronized public Tracker getDefaultTracker() {
 if (mTracker == null) {
   GoogleAnalytics analytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(this);
   // To enable debug logging use: adb shell setprop log.tag.GAv4 DEBUG
   mTracker = analytics.newTracker(R.xml.global_tracker);
 }
 return mTracker;
}
}

2.Foreground Activity(Activity or Fragment)

Override onCreate method

// Obtain the shared Tracker instance.
AnalyticsApplication application = (AnalyticsApplication) getApplication();
mTracker = application.getDefaultTracker();

You can send information in the lifecycle you like

Log.i(TAG, "Setting screen name: " + name);
mTracker.setScreenName("Image~" + name);
mTracker.send(new HitBuilders.ScreenViewBuilder().build());

If you need to listen event or actions, add the f*llowing code

mTracker.send(new HitBuilders.EventBuilder()
 .setCategory("Action")
 .setAction("Share")
 .build());

Why we are using GA?

1.We can get the following info:

The number of users and sessions
Session duration
Operating systems
Device models
Geography

2.Log Events

tracker.send(new HitBuilders.EventBuilder()
       .setCategory("Achievement")
       .setAction("Earned")
       .setLabel("5 Dragons Rescued")
       .setValue(1)
       .build());

tracker.send(new HitBuilders.EventBuilder()
       .setCategory("Barren Fields")
       .setAction("Rescue")
       .setLabel("Dragon")
       .setValue(1)
       .build());

// Build and send a timing hit.
tracker.send(new HitBuilders.TimingBuilder()
    .setCategory("Barren Fields")
    .setValue(45000)  // 45 seconds.
    .setVariable("First Rescue")
    .setLabel("Dragon")
    .build());

3.Other Feature

Campaigns

Crashes and Reports

Custom Dimensions and Metrics

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