Quick Start Guide

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iOS Tracker

Installation

The iOS Tracker SDK can be installed using various dependency managers.

Swift Package Manager (Recommended)

To install Snowplow Tracker with SPM:

1. In Xcode, select File > Swift Packages > Add Package Dependency.
2. Add the url where to download the library: https://github.com/snowplow/snowplow-objc-tracker

Cocoapods

To install Snowplow Tracker with Cocoapods:

1. Make sure that Cocoapods is installed on your system and correctly configured for your app.
2. Add the iOS Tracker SDK among the dependencies of your Podfile:

   pod 'SnowplowTracker', '~> 2.0'

3. Run the command pod install to add the tracker to your app project.

Carthage

To install Snowplow Tracker with Carthage:

1. Make sure that Carthage is installed on your system and correctly configured for your app.
2. Add the iOS Tracker SDK among the dependencies of your Cartfile:

   github "snowplow/snowplow-objc-tracker" ~> 2.0

3. Run the command carthage update and drag the appropriate frameworks from the Carthage/build folder to your app project.

Supported System Version

The iOS Tracker SDK supports iOS 9.0+, macOS 10.9+, tvOS 9.0+ and watchOS 2.0+

Instrumentation

Once the tracker SDK is correctly set as a dependency in your app project you have to instrument the tracker:

1. In your application delegate AppDelegate.swift add import SnowplowTracker.
2. In the application(_:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:) method, set up the SDK as follows:

   let tracker = Snowplow.createTracker(namespace: "appTracker", endpoint: COLLECTOR_URL, method: .post)

3. It creates a tracker instance which can be used to track events like this:

   let event = Structured(category: "Category_example", action: "Action_example")
   tracker.track(event)

If you prefer to access the tracker when the reference is not directly accessible, you can use the defaultTracker :

   Snowplow.defaultTracker().track(event)

The tracker has a default configuration where some settings are enabled by default:

• session tracking
• screen tracking
• platform contexts (mobile specific context fields)

You can override the default configuration with a fine grained configuration when you create the tracker:

let networkConfig = NetworkConfiguration(endpoint: COLLECTOR_URL, method: .post)
let trackerConfig = TrackerConfiguration()
    .base64Encoding(false)
    .sessionContext(true)
    .platformContext(true)
    .lifecycleAutotracking(true)
    .screenViewAutotracking(true)
    .screenContext(true)
    .applicationContext(true)
    .exceptionAutotracking(true)
    .installAutotracking(true)
let sessionConfig = SessionConfiguration(
    foregroundTimeout: Measurement(value: 30, unit: .minutes),
    backgroundTimeout: Measurement(value: 30, unit: .minutes)
)       
Snowplow.createTracker(
    namespace: "appTracker",
    network: networkConfig,
    configurations: [trackerConfig, sessionConfig]
);

Android Tracker

Installation

The Android Tracker SDK is available on Maven Central and can be installed using Gradle.

Gradle

Add into your build.gradle file:

dependencies {
  ...
  // Snowplow Android Tracker
  implementation 'com.snowplowanalytics:snowplow-android-tracker:2.+'
  // In case 'lifecycleAutotracking' is enabled
  implementation 'androidx.lifecycle-extensions:2.2.+'
  ...
}

Supported System Version

The Android Tracker SDK supports Android 5 (API level 21+)

Instrumentation

Once the tracker SDK is correctly set as a dependency in your app project you have to instrument the tracker:

1. In your Application subclass, set up the SDK as follows:

   TrackerController tracker = Snowplow.createTracker(context, "appTracker", COLLECTOR_URL, HttpMethod.POST);

2. It creates a tracker instance which can be used to track events like this:

   Event event = new Structured("Category_example", "Action_example");
   tracker.track(event);

If you prefer to access the tracker when the reference is not directly accessible, you can use the defaultTracker :

   Snowplow.getDefaultTracker().track(event);

The tracker has a default configuration where some settings are enabled by default:

• session tracking
• screen tracking
• platform contexts (mobile specific context fields)

You can override the default configuration with a fine grained configuration when you create the tracker:

NetworkConfiguration networkConfig = new NetworkConfiguration(COLLECTOR_URL, HttpMethod.POST);
TrackerConfiguration trackerConfig = new TrackerConfiguration("appId")
    .base64Encoding(false)
    .sessionContext(true)
    .platformContext(true)
    .lifecycleAutotracking(true)
    .screenViewAutotracking(true)
    .screenContext(true)
    .applicationContext(true)
    .exceptionAutotracking(true)
    .installAutotracking(true);
SessionConfiguration sessionConfig = new SessionConfiguration(
    new TimeMeasure(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS),
    new TimeMeasure(30, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
);
Snowplow.createTracker(context,
    "appTracker",
    networkConfig,
    trackerConfig,
    sessionConfig
);