How to integrate Flurry analytics into iOS app

Question

I have Flurry.h and libFlurry.a added to my project from the Flurry 4.1 SDK. In my app delegate I have the following in didFinishLaunchingWithOptions.

[Flurry startSession:@"[apikey]"];

I've also added [Flurry logEvent:@"callAPIPath"]; in the codebase such that it will get called 5 or 6 times in a typical session. However, I don't see any data on my Flurry dashboard. I'm testing in the iOS simulator and click the home button to quit the app since that was suggested in https://stackoverflow.com/a/12054855/99683. I've given it over 24 hours to process but still no data.

I don't see any obvious problems in the debug output.

2013-01-29 16:04:04.579 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: startSession called for the first time
2013-01-29 16:04:04.580 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: Start session called with apiKey[APIKEY]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.580 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: Trim white space and use apiKey[APIKEY]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.581 TumTiki[7578:c07] initial network status [1] ========= 
2013-01-29 16:04:04.583 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Add session with startTime[2013-01-29 23:04:37 +0000] to saved sessions
2013-01-29 16:04:04.587 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Add crashed former session
2013-01-29 16:04:04.589 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Initialized session from scratch with startTime[2013-01-30 00:04:04 +0000]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.590 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Created active session with API[APIKEY]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.590 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Session reports on close enabled[1]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.590 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Session reports on pause enabled[1]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.591 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Event logging enabled[1]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.591 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Sending sessions to server withTimeout[0]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.593 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Initial timestamp[2013-01-29 18:12:18 +0000] from saved source
2013-01-29 16:04:04.594 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: Finish starting session with apiKey[APIKEY]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.603 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Recording event eventName[callAPIPath] with parameters[(null)]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.603 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Event count for eventName[callAPIPath] updated to count[1]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.603 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Event log for eventName[callAPIPath] updated
2013-01-29 16:04:04.604 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Recording event eventName[callAPIPath] with parameters[(null)] complete
2013-01-29 16:04:04.660 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: dealloc session
2013-01-29 16:04:04.687 TumTiki[7578:c07] updated network status [1] ======== 
2013-01-29 16:04:04.786 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: HTTP connection delegate received response[<NSHTTPURLResponse: 0xa4b82e0>]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.787 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: async http response code: 200
2013-01-29 16:04:04.788 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: application sent session[1]
2013-01-29 16:04:04.788 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Sent 1 session(s).

[pressed home button]

2013-01-29 16:07:08.166 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Pause session with pauseTime[2013-01-30 00:07:08 +0000]
2013-01-29 16:07:08.166 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Ending session with endTime[2013-01-30 00:07:08 +0000]
2013-01-29 16:07:08.167 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: ending all unterminated timed events with _endTime[2013-01-30 00:07:08 +0000]...
2013-01-29 16:07:08.167 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: ...finished ending un-ended timed events.
2013-01-29 16:07:08.168 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Ending session with endTime[2013-01-30 00:07:08 +0000] complete
2013-01-29 16:07:08.168 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: start background task
2013-01-29 16:07:08.169 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Sending sessions to server withTimeout[1]
2013-01-29 16:07:08.171 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: Initial timestamp[2013-01-29 18:12:18 +0000] from saved source
2013-01-29 16:07:08.387 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: HTTP connection delegate received response[<NSHTTPURLResponse: 0x1127cf30>]
2013-01-29 16:07:08.389 TumTiki[7578:c07] FlurrySession: async http response code: 200
2013-01-29 16:07:08.390 TumTiki[7578:c07] Flurry: stop background task

I'm using the API Key provided by Flurry which is a 20 character string. Is there a different application key I should be using instead? I'm doing something wrong here but haven't been able to figure it out yet.

Answer 1

Turns out I was using the wrong key. I needed the application-specific key which can be found with the Manage menu item on the application's dashboard.

Answer 2

The debug output suggests that the sessions are getting sent across to Flurry. It would be great if you can send over your snippet of integration and API key to [email protected], and let Support take a look.

Full disclosure: I work in the Support team at Flurry

Answer 3

20 character string is correct. Maybe a suggestion: Try in a device.

Try adding the FlurryAds.h,FlurryAdDelegate.h and libFlurryAds.a as well. These are besides the Flurry.h and libFlurry.a