Has anyone used medialets to track iPhone app usage ? Their documentation leaves a lot to be desired..
A:
It shouldn't be too difficult to set up and use the basic features.
Simply include the library in your project and ensure that your target links against it. Then add an entry to your target's info.plist with the key:
MMAppID
The value should be your Medialytics appID.
After thats set up, you should be able to start the tracking from within your AppDelegate's initialize method:
+ (void)initialize
{
[[MMTrackingMgr sharedInstance] startDefaultTrackingWithoutLocation];
}
That will give you the barebones tracking for your app.
As for custom events, I haven't looked into that.
Jasarien
2009-10-20 21:48:17
Thanks... I will try this right away ( despite the fact that it is still before sunrise here ! )
iPhoneBoy
2009-10-21 10:24:10
@Jasarien: When I used their sample app, I see nothing in the Xcode console. It is just blank. I 'm trying to see what "tracking a basic event" does. I did insert my appid into the info.plist file ( I did not know this until I saw your post )
iPhoneBoy
2009-10-21 10:29:20
@Jasarien: Silly question... how do I make sure that I am linking to the library. I dragged the "libMMTracking.a" file to my projects..and it shows up under frameworks.I also had to include the "MMTrackingMgr.h" file.Now I get a bunch of link errors when I build.._compress referenced from -[MMBroadcaster compressURLRequestForEvents:datalsMIME64:]....
iPhoneBoy
2009-10-21 11:15:21
Make sure that the libMMTracking.a is included in the Link Binary With Libraries build phase in your project's target.Alternatively, you add it to the "Other linker flags" in your build settings using the flag -lMMTracking (omit the 'lib' portion of the library name).
Jasarien
2009-10-21 12:58:35
A:
I got this to work. I had to clear some entries in my LIB_SEARCH_PATH. Compiles and links fine now.
I also turned on logging. I see some messages flow thru. All looks fine.
However, now I do not see any usage under my app in the medialets analystics web site. http://www.medialytics.com/app%5Freports/runs
I've emailed their developer support web site. I double checked my MMID.. it is correct.
....log snip... [Session started at 2009-10-21 15:22:55 -0400.] 2009-10-21 15:22:57.609 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT starting tracking (2.0 build 37) with location (run ID 0) 2009-10-21 15:22:57.615 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT tracked event => [3:277845777:0] 2009-10-21 15:22:57 -0400: "MMRunStartEvent" (NotConnected) (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:22:57.616 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT finished tracking with location start-up (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:22:57.616 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT tracked event => [3:277845777:0] 2009-10-21 15:22:57 -0400: "TEST RUN" (NotConnected) (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:22:57.623 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT start handling app notification: UIApplicationDidFinishLaunchingNotification (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:22:57.626 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT tracked event => [3:277845777:0] 2009-10-21 15:22:57 -0400: "UIApplicationDidFinishLaunchingNotification" (NotConnected) (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:22:57.629 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT finish handling app notification: UIApplicationDidFinishLaunchingNotification (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:23:00.616 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT got new location: <+37.33168900, -122.03073100> +/- 100.00m (speed -1.00 mps / course -1.00) @ 2009-10-21 15:23:00 -0400 (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:23:07.617 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT max queued event age reached - attempting broadcast (run ID 108F9711) 2009-10-21 15:23:07.867 InternationalNews[5300:207] MMT successfully sent events to server (run ID 108F9711) -- end log snip .--
iPhoneBoy
2009-10-22 10:41:27