# Analytics plugin for Phonegap #
The analytics client allows you to send page views to Google Analytics server.
A simple use case would be:
- Initialize Analytics object with the appropriate Google Analytics account.
- Send page views upon user navigation.
- Send events upon user interaction.
## Adding the Plugin to your project ##
Using this plugin requires [PhoneGap Cordova library for Android](http://phonegap.com/download) version 1.9 or above.
1. To install the plugin, move www/analytics.js to your project's www folder and include a reference to it in your html file after cordova.js.
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="cordova.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="analytics.js"></script>
2. Create a directory within your project called "src/com/phonegap/plugins/analytics" and copy src/com/phonegap/plugins/analytics/GoogleAnalyticsTracker.java into it.
3. Add the following activity to your AndroidManifest.xml file if it not already there. It should be added inside the <application> tag.
<activity android:name="com.phonegap.DroidGap" android:label="@string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
</intent-filter>
</activity>
4. Download [GoogleAnalytics](https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/resources) library (tested with 1.4.2) and copy "lib/libGoogleAnalytics.jar" into the libs directory within your project. You will also need to right click on this file in eclipse and add the jar to the build path.
5. In your res/xml/config.xml file add the following line:
<plugin name="GoogleAnalyticsTracker" value="com.phonegap.plugins.analytics.GoogleAnalyticsTracker" />
## Using the plugin ##
The plugin creates the object `window.plugins.analytics`. To use, call one of the following, available methods:
/** * Initialize Google Analytics configuration * * @param accountId The Google Analytics account id * @param successCallback The success callback * @param failureCallback The error callback */ start(accountId, successCallback, failureCallback);Sample use: window.plugins.analytics.start("Your-Account-ID-Here", function(){alert("Start: success");}, function(){alert("Start: failure");});
/** * Track a page view on Google Analytics * @param key The name of the tracked item (can be a url or some logical name). * The key name will be presented in Google Analytics report. * @param successCallback The success callback * @param failureCallback The error callback */ trackPageView(key, successCallback, failureCallback);Sample use: window.plugins.analytics.trackPageView("page1.html", function(){alert("Track: success");}, function(){alert("Track: failure");});
/** * Track an event on Google Analytics * @param category The name that you supply as a way to group objects that you want to track * @param action The name the type of event or interaction you want to track for a particular web object * @param label Provides additional information for events that you want to track (optional) * @param value Assign a numerical value to a tracked page object (optional) * @param successCallback The success callback * @param failureCallback The error callback */ trackEvent(category, action, label, value, successCallback, failureCallback);Sample use: window.plugins.analytics.trackEvent("category", "action", "event", 1, function(){alert("Track: success");}, function(){alert("Track: failure");});
/** * Set a custom variable on Google Analytics * @param index The slot for the custom variable * @param label The name for the custom variable * @param value The value for the custom variable * @param scope The scope for the custom variable (optional) * @param successCallback The success callback * @param failureCallback The error callback */ setCustomVar(index, label, value, scope, successCallback, failureCallback);Sample use: window.plugins.analytics.setCustomVar(1, "type", "android", null, function(){alert("SetVar: success");}, function(){alert("SetVar: failure");}); Please keep in mind that these methods, as in any other plugin, are ready to be invoked only after '[deviceready](http://docs.phonegap.com/phonegap_events_events.md.html#deviceready)' event has been fired Good practice will be manual dispatch and stop session. Add this code to your main activity:
@Override
public void onDestroy()
{
super.onDestroy();
GoogleAnalyticsTracker tracker = com.google.android.apps.analytics.GoogleAnalyticsTracker.getInstance();
tracker.dispatch();
tracker.stopSession();
}
## RELEASE NOTES ##
### AUG, 14, 2012 ###
* Added suppport for Cordova 1.9 and above
### AUG, 10, 2011 ###
* Added event tracking
### Jul 24, 2011 ###
* Initial release
## BUGS AND CONTRIBUTIONS ##
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