Android Examples: Google analytics in android

Google analytics in android :

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Step 1:Generate track Id.

First,access your Google analytics home page.Then click "Create New Account" button.

Select "Mobile App",then fill all other columns.

Finally,click generate trackId button.

after that it will show your application TrackId.

Step 2:Download "Google analytics lib"

Click here to download "Google analytics lib"

Step 3:analytics.xml

Create alalytics.xml in your your layout folder and paste the following code.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>



<resources>

  <!--Replace placeholder ID with your tracking ID-->

  <string name="ga_trackingId">UA-XXXX-Y</string>



  <!--Enable automatic activity tracking-->

  <bool name="ga_autoActivityTracking">true</bool>



  <!--Enable automatic exception tracking-->

  <bool name="ga_reportUncaughtExceptions">true</bool>

</resources>

Step 4:Helper.java

Create Helper.java class and paste the following code.

import android.content.Context;

import com.google.analytics.tracking.android.EasyTracker;

import com.google.analytics.tracking.android.Fields;

import com.google.analytics.tracking.android.MapBuilder;

import com.google.analytics.tracking.android.Tracker;

import com.google.tagmanager.DataLayer;

import com.google.tagmanager.TagManager;

public class Helper{

/**

* Push an "openScreen" event with the given screen name. Tags that match that event will fire.

private static Tracker tracker;

public static void pushOpenScreenEvent(Context context, String screenName) {

// Instantiate the Tracker

tracker = EasyTracker.getInstance(context);

tracker.set(Fields.SCREEN_NAME, screenName);

// Send a screenview.

tracker.send(MapBuilder

.createAppView()

.build()

);

}

/**

* Push an "Button clicked" event with the given screen name. Tags that match that event will fire.

public static void pushbtnClickedEvent(Context context, String clickE) {

tracker = EasyTracker.getInstance(context);

// Values set directly on a tracker apply to all subsequent hits.

tracker.set(Fields.SCREEN_NAME, "Home Screen");

// This screenview hit will include the screen name "Home Screen".

tracker.send(MapBuilder.createAppView().build());

// And so will this event hit.

tracker.send(MapBuilder

.createEvent("UI", "click", "my btn clicked", null)

.build()

);

}

/**

* Push a "closeScreen" event with the given screen name. Tags that match that event will fire.

public static void pushCloseScreenEvent(Context context, String screenName) {

// Instantiate the Tracker

tracker = EasyTracker.getInstance(context);

tracker.set(Fields.SCREEN_NAME, screenName);

// Send a screenview.

tracker.send(MapBuilder

.createAppView()

.build()

);

}

Step 5: MainActivity.java

package com.example.googleanalyticsexample;

import android.app.Activity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.widget.Button;

import com.google.analytics.tracking.android.EasyTracker;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

Button btnClickEvent;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
btnClickEvent=(Button)findViewById(R.id.button1);
btnClickEvent.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

Helper.pushbtnClickedEvent(MainActivity.this, "Button Clicked");

}
});
}

@Override
protected void onStart() {
super.onStart();
EasyTracker.getInstance(this).activityStart(this);
Helper.pushOpenScreenEvent(this, "Main Activity");

}
@Override
protected void onStop() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub

super.onStop();
EasyTracker.getInstance(this).activityStop(this); // Add this method

}
}

Now,your application is ready ,simply press the "Button" then,open your Google analytics dashboard.
The dashboard have two type of view that is screenview and event view.

Screen view: