Use Google Analytics for iOS without .plist file

Question

According to Google's documentation (Analytics for iOS), they want you to download some auto-generated .plist file to configure your app. Unfortunately, I have multiple report suites (Debug, Release) and need to switch dynamically depending on the build. So I'm trying to do one of two things:

1. Is there a way to totally ditch the .plist file and set all the configs dynamically? What values would one need?

-OR-

2. Can I alter the values in the Google .plist file to use variables from my project's User-Defined Build Settings? I tried adding one named GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID and referencing it by ${GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID} in the Google .plist file, but it doesn't substitute the value like how I would expect it to.

How have you dynamically instructed your app to send to different report suites depending on whether your app is Debug or Release?

Answer 1

You should be able to ditch the .plist file and setting it up like so:

#import "GAI.h"
...
GAI *gai = [GAI sharedInstance];
[gai trackerWithTrackingId:@"your GA id"];
gai.trackUncaughtExceptions = YES;  // optional
gai.logger.logLevel = kGAILogLevelVerbose;  // optional - remove for release

Don't use the GGLContext stuff since that's trying to get parameters from the -plist file.