Android SDK - Java Tutorial (video)

This is is a tutorial on how to implement Blue Triangle's Analytics SDK for android on a new or existing app. In this tutorial, we cover how to set up tracker with your site prefix and how to set timers for fragments, actions, and asynchronous functions. We also mention how to set up page names and traffic segments for various timers.

Note: This video may have references to old links and versions, for the most up to date details, please use the links and version numbers below. The most recent version is currently 2.6.6.

Usage:

Step 1 – add our repo to your module Gradle file  

allprojects { 
     repositories { 
         google() 
         jcenter() 
        maven  { 
 
           url "https://bluetriangletech.jfrog.io/artifactory/android-sdk-local/" 
 
        } 
     } 
} 

Step 2 – add the Blue Triangle analytics library as a dependency in your application Gradle file  

dependencies { 
 
    implementation 'androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.2.0' 
    implementation 'com.google.android.material:material:1.3.0' 
    implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.0.4' 
    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-fragment:2.3.3' 
    implementation 'androidx.navigation:navigation-ui:2.3.3' 
    implementation 'bluetriangle.sdk.package:analytics:2.6.6' 
    testImplementation 'junit:junit:4.+' 
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.ext:junit:1.1.2' 
    androidTestImplementation 'androidx.test.espresso:espresso-core:3.3.0' 
} 

Step 3 – sync your Gradle dependencies  

Step 4 – import the Blue Triangle tracker in your app delegate  

import com.bluetriangle.analytics.Tracker; 
 

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { 
 
    private Tracker tracker; 
 
    @Override 
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { 
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
        tracker = Tracker.init(getApplicationContext(), "YOUR-SITE-PREFIX-HERE"); 

Step 5 – Change the site prefix of tracker to your own site prefix  

tracker = Tracker.init(getApplicationContext(), "YOUR-SITE-PREFIX-HERE"); 

Step 6 – Turn on crash detection (optional) 

In your app delegate where you set up tracker call track crashes  

tracker = Tracker.init(getApplicationContext(), " YOUR-SITE-PREFIX-HERE "); 
tracker.trackCrashes(); 

Step 7 – set up timers  

import com.bluetriangle.analytics.Timer; 

final Timer timer = new Timer("YOUR-PAGE-NAME", "YOUR-TRAFFIC-SEGMENT").start(); 

Step 8 – set up Custom Variables

import com.bluetriangle.analytics.Timer; 

final Timer timer = new Timer("YOUR-PAGE-NAME", "YOUR-TRAFFIC-SEGMENT").start(); 
timer.setField("CV1","Custom Variable Data");  

CV1 - CV5  Maps to Custom Variable 1 - 5 in the portal 
CV6 - CV10 Maps to Custom Category 1 – 5 in the portal 
CV11 - CV15 Maps to Variable 6-10 in the Portal 
CN1 - CN20 is Custom Numeric 1 - 20 

Step 9 – submit timer 

timer.end().submit(); 

Full example of timer set up   

import com.bluetriangle.analytics.Tracker; 
import com.bluetriangle.analytics.Timer; 
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity { 
 
    private Tracker tracker; 
 
    @Override 
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { 
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); 
        tracker = Tracker.init(getApplicationContext(), "YOUR-SITE-PREFIX-HERE"); 
        tracker.trackCrashes(); 
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); 
        Toolbar toolbar = findViewById(R.id.toolbar); 
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar); 
 
        FloatingActionButton fab = findViewById(R.id.fab); 
        final Timer timer = new Timer("Page 1", "Prod").start(); 
        timer.setField("CV1","Custom Variable Data"); 
        fab.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { 
            @Override 
            public void onClick(View view) { 
                try { 
                    //wait(1000); //uncomment this to try out crash reporting  
                    Thread.sleep(2000); 
                } catch (InterruptedException e) { 
                    e.printStackTrace(); 
                } 
                Snackbar.make(view, "Replace with your own action", Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG) 
                        .setAction("Action", null).show(); 
                timer.end().submit(); 
            } 
        }); 
    }