Google Analytics Bridge for Android developers
Posted by: veke87 on 
ago 23rd, 2009 | 
Filed under: Programmazione
Google Analytics Bridge is a java library for android ( Soon to be Open Source licensed ) that will help developers understand what the user interaction with their own application.
Google Analytics Bridge is really easy to setup and it runs on a separate thread. This is do to the problem with the internet request sometime freezing the UI and setting off the hated message:
"The Application xyz is not responing"
With the two choises :
- Force Close
- Wait
Since The Google Analytics Bridge runs on a different thread to avoid this error.
First Setup
Download and import the jar file to the application you want use the Google Analytics Bridge on. The setup is a fast one-line command but you need the following information:
- Google Analytics Tracking Code ( EX: "UA-123123123-1" )
- The Domain Name
Set up a brand new Google Analytics Profile
you will need to set up a new Google Analytics Profile or use an existing one. You will need to open a new website profile on google analytics.
The procedure is fast and simple but it does require The domain name.
In that field you can specify whatever you want, but i suggest something like:
track.your-application-name.com
After creating the new profile, copy the UA-XXXXXX-Y code for a further usage.
The Constructor
Once you've done all of step one it's time to create our constructor.
In the onCreate routine place the following code:
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new AnalyticsBridge(this.getApplicationContext(),"UA-XXXXXX-Y","track.your-application-name.com");
You don't need to create an AnalyticsBridge object , after this line you will call the methods in a static way.
NOTE: You should call the constructor once per application lifetime.
Public Methods
_trackPageview(String pageTitle)
If you've some experience integrating google analytics on your own website you'll also remember what this method will do.
_trackPageview method on the web it's used for logging a new page View by the user. Similarly calling this static method on android will generate a google analytics request that will log a new Activity View.
Lets say you've a lot of activity, and some of theese will show the same content but in a different way, then i would put the following code on each onCreate Subroutine:
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/** Called when the activity is first created. */
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@Override
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public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
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super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
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setContentView(R.layout.main);
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AnalyticsBridge._trackPageview(this.getClass().getName());
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}
This code will log each opened activity to google analytics.. Isn't it easy? 
_trackEvent(String category, String action)
_trackEvent method is the same used on the web google analytics apis. I made this bridge because you should want to track some event made by the user.
Let suppouse you want to track a button click event on your user interface - this could help you understand how the user interact with your user interface - then you simply write the following statement on your View.OnClickListener implementation:
That code will track the event of category "Click" and action "login Button".
Download:
Right now the library is quite stable . You can download it here
Thanks
Thanks to barakinflorida who corrected my bad english
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