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Reputation: 2909

Android GoogleAnalytics crashes on getInstance

I switched from using Google play services 6.1 to 6.5. GoogleAnalytics reached a deadlock on:

getInstance(context);

I found this question: Android GoogleAnalytics getInstance where the second answer recommends to remove the meta-data from the Manifest file.

meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.globalConfigResource"     
android:resource="@xml/global_tracker"

Since global_tracker.xml contained the following:

<resources>
    <integer name="ga_sessionTimeout">300</integer>
    <bool name="ga_reportUncaughtExceptions">true</bool>
    <integer name="ga_dispatchPeriod">30</integer>
</resources>

I replaced the xml with these programmatical configurations:

GoogleAnalytics googleAnalytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(mContext);
googleAnalytics.setLocalDispatchPeriod(30);

mGATracker = googleAnalytics.newTracker(mTrackerId);
mGATracker.setSessionTimeout(300);
mGATracker.enableExceptionReporting(true);

What is the reason the xml configuration no longer works and what are the implications of configuring programmatically?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1155

Answers (1)

Jared Burrows
Jared Burrows

Reputation: 55527

Update:

Please take a look at iOSched 2014: https://github.com/google/iosched/blob/master/android/src/main/java/com/google/samples/apps/iosched/util/AnalyticsManager.java

Original:

You are not the only one. Google Play Services 6.5.87 has a deadlock issue.

Please follow:

https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=82157

From the link above:

Google Analytics blocks Android App

Remove this from the AndroidManifest.xml:

<meta-data 
android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.globalConfigResource"
android:resource="@xml/analytics_global_config" />

Using the Google Analytics programmacitally vs using the XML:

synchronized Tracker getTracker (TrackerName trackerId){
    Log.d(TAG, "getTracker()");
    if (!mTrackers.containsKey(trackerId)) {
        GoogleAnalytics analytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(this);

        // Global GA Settings
        // <!-- Google Analytics SDK V4 BUG20141213 Using a GA global xml freezes the app! Do config by coding. -->
        analytics.setDryRun(false);

        analytics.getLogger().setLogLevel(Logger.LogLevel.INFO);
        //analytics.getLogger().setLogLevel(Logger.LogLevel.VERBOSE);

        // Create a new tracker
        Tracker t = (trackerId == TrackerName.APP_TRACKER) ? analytics.newTracker(R.xml.ga_tracker_config) : null;
        if (t != null) {
            t.enableAdvertisingIdCollection(true);
        }
        mTrackers.put(trackerId, t);
    }
    return mTrackers.get(trackerId);
}

Not recommended:

Until Google fixes their deadlock issue, use:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.1.71'

instead of:

compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:6.5.87'

Upvotes: 3

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