I am trying to implement referral tracking on downloads from the Google play. Before uploading to Google Play, when I tried testing the app using below script, its working fine and i am getting referral string.
adb shell
am broadcast -a com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER -n <my.myPackage>/.<path.up.until.my.CustomBroadcastReceiver> --es "referrer" "utm_source%3Dentity%26utm_medium%3Dsocial%26utm_campaign%3Dwo_referrer%26referrerId%3D173%26entity%3Dfacebook%26email%3Dmideeshp%40email.com"
After running this code, I am decoding the referral string and my server getting updated according to the referral string. But when I deployed this app to Google play, I am not getting any referral string from Google play. I am using Google Analytics V2 for both analytic tracking and referral tracking.
Below one is my custom BroadcastReceiver.
public class InstallReferrerReceiver extends BroadcastReceiver {
private static final String TAG = "InstallReferrerReceiver";
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
HashMap<String, String> values = new HashMap<String, String>();
try {
if (intent.hasExtra("referrer")) {
Toast.makeText(context, "Inside app refferal", 5000).show();
String url = intent.getStringExtra("referrer");
final String referrer = URLDecoder.decode(url, "UTF-8");
String referrers[] = referrer.split("&");
int i = 0;
for (String referrerValue : referrers) {
String keyValue[] = referrerValue.split("=");
values.put(URLDecoder.decode(keyValue[0], "UTF-8"),
URLDecoder.decode(keyValue[1], "UTF-8"));
Log.i("" + i, keyValue[0] + "=" + keyValue[1]);
}
new AsyncTask<String, String, JSONObject>() {
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
}
@Override
protected JSONObject doInBackground(String... params) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
String referrerUrl = "MyserverUrl?action=storerefer&" + referrer;
Log.i("purl address", referrerUrl);
JSONObject json = RestJsonClient.connect(referrerUrl);
return json;
}
@Override
protected void onPostExecute(JSONObject result) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
try {
if (result == null) {
Log.i("json null", "12");
} else {
String status, error;
status = result.getString("status");
error = result.getString("error");
if (status.equals("success")) {
Log.i("referrer", "referrer status success");
}
if (status.equals("failure")) {
Log.i("referrer", "referrer status failure");
}
}
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
super.onPostExecute(result);
}
}.execute();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
AndroidManifest.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="my.package.name"
android:versionCode="4"
android:versionName="1.2.1" >
<supports-screens
android:anyDensity="true"
android:largeScreens="true"
android:normalScreens="true"
android:resizeable="true"
android:smallScreens="true" />
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.telephony"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen"
android:required="false" />
<uses-feature
android:glEsVersion="0x00020000"
android:required="true" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_CONTACTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.SEND_SMS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WAKE_LOCK" />
<uses-permission android:name="my.package.name.permission.C2D_MESSAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.VIBRATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS" />
<permission
android:name="my.package.name.permission.C2D_MESSAGE"
android:protectionLevel="signature" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Black.NoTitleBar" >
<activity
android:name="my.package.name.Splash"
android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|screenSize"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:windowSoftInputMode="stateHidden" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<receiver
android:name="my.package.name.InstallReferrerReceiver"
android:exported="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<receiver
android:name="com.google.android.gcm.GCMBroadcastReceiver"
android:permission="com.google.android.c2dm.permission.SEND" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.RECEIVE" />
<action android:name="com.google.android.c2dm.intent.REGISTRATION" />
<category android:name="my.package.name" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<service android:name="my.package.name.GCMIntentService" />
</application>
What should I do to get referral string from Google Play ?
you can write this simple reciever:
public class DetectInstall extends BroadcastReceiver{
private String referrerId;
@Override
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent) {
if ((null != intent)
&& (intent.getAction().equals("com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER"))) {
Log.e("Message", "App is getting installed first time..");
referrerId = intent.getStringExtra("referrer");
}
}
}
then in manifest add the receiver tag inside the application like this :
<application
android:hardwareAccelerated="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_bmg"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<receiver
android:name=".DetectInstall"
android:exported="true" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
then you will need to send the referrer parameter to the google playstore URL Like this :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=you.package.name&hl=en&referrer=you will get this first time when you install app
referrer field is required, whatever string u pass in referrer field you will get it in the broadcast reciever
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24866161/android-referral-tracking-not-working-with-google-play