Logo Questions Linux Laravel Mysql Ubuntu Git Menu
 

Android Market install referrer is empty for installs from market. Is it a bug or normal behavior?

I've created custom broadcast receiver

It get referrer only when link is opened using android market app on the phone. When user install app from market website referrer is emtpy, but it present in market url.

Is it possible to fix it?

like image 444
Alexey Zakharov Avatar asked Feb 19 '12 16:02

Alexey Zakharov


People also ask

How does Google Play install referrer work?

The Google Install Referrer is an Android-specific measurement technology that attributes clicks on Google Play Store app pages to the correlating app download. Google's Install Referrer framework sends an install referrer (or unique code string) to the Google Play store when an ad click has occurred.

What is Google install referrer?

An Install Referrer is an Android-specific ad tracking identifier. Like Device IDs and Device Fingerprinting, an install referrer is a unique string that's sent to the Play Store when a user clicks on an ad.

What is Play Install Referrer API permission?

The Play Install Referrer API is an AIDL Service Interface primarily used by non-Java programmers. Note: The Play Install Referrer Library provides a wrapper around the Play Install Referrer API and is designed to help Java programmers use the API.


1 Answers

Please have a look at this site:

http://www.localytics.com/docs/android-market-campaign-analytics/

It has a code example for implementing a referal and a lot of other interesting information on this topic.

like image 179
Force Avatar answered Sep 18 '22 17:09

Force