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SDK Installation


Package Installation

npm
Install airbridge-react-native-sdk using npm.
React-native link or CocoaPods
Execute the following command.

Project Setup

Import
Add the following code to the index.js file of the project to import the Airbridge SDK.

Project Setup (Android)

MainApplication.java
Add the following code to the onCreate function within the android/app/src/main/java/.../MainApplication.java file.
APP_NAME can be found at the “Airbridge dashboard → Settings → Tokens → App Name”. APP_TOKEN can be found at the “Airbridge dashboard → Settings → Tokens → App SDK Token”.

Project Setup (iOS)

AppDelegate.m
Add the following code to the import section of the ios/[Project Name]/AppDelegate.m file.
AttentionUse a bridge header if you are using Swift.
Add the following code to the application:idFinishLaunchingWithOptions: function within the ios/[Project Name]/AppDelegate.m file.
APP_NAME can be found at the “Airbridge dashboard → Settings → Tokens → App Name”. APP_TOKEN can be found at the “Airbridge dashboard → Settings → Tokens → App SDK Token”.

React Native Settings

airbridge.json
  1. Create an airbridge.jsonfile in the project folder.
  2. Configure settings in JSON format.
When using React Native 0.59.X or lower with iOS, the below setup is needed for iOS.
  1. Go to “Xcode → Project file → Build Phases → Copy Bundle Resources”.
  2. Click ”+” and add airbridge.json file.
Example
AttentiontrackingAuthorizeTimeoutSeconds in the above code is the default value. Please adjust accordingly depending on your user experience and ATT prompt settings. Please refer to Tracking Authorize Timeout Settings for more details.

Testing the SDK

Check if install events are sent when the application is installed and opened.
Check in the Airbridge Dashboard
Events from the Airbridge SDK are shown at the “Airbridge Dashboard → Raw Data → App Real-time Logs”.
  1. Go to the “Airbridge Dashboard → Raw Data → App Real-time Logs”.
  2. Search for the device’s ADID (IDFA, IDFV, GAID).
Logs may be delayed for up to 5 minutes.

Dashboard Setup

Please refer to the following guides for setting up deep links in the Airbridge dashboard.

Project Setup

setDeeplinkListener
Register a function that will be called whenever a deep link or a deferred deep link opens the application.
All deep links that open apps are sent to DeeplinkCallback Of those deep links, “Airbridge deep links” will be sent using the URI Scheme (YOUR_SCHEME://...) that was set in the Airbridge dashboard.

Project Setup (Android)

AndroidManifest.xml
In the MainActivity section of the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file, add android:LaunchMode and intent-filter parameters as below.
Enter your app name at APP_NAME. Enter your scheme value set in the Airbridge dashboard at YOUR_SCHEME.
MainActivity.java
Insert the following code in the android/app/src/main/java/.../MainActivity.java file.

Project Setup (iOS)

Scheme
  1. Go to “Xcode → Project file → Info → URL Types”.
  2. From the Airbridge dashboard, copy “iOS URI Scheme” to Xcode’s “URL Schemes”. (Do not include://)
Universal Link
  1. Go to “Xcode → Project file → Signing & Capabilities”.
  2. Click ”+ Capability” and add “Associated Domains”.
  3. Add applinks:YOUR_APP_NAME.airbridge.ioto “Associated Domains”.
  4. Add applinks:YOUR_APP_NAME.deeplink.pageto “Associated Domains”.
YOUR_APP_NAME can be found at the “Airbridge dashboard → Settings → Tokens → App Name”. Please refer to Troubleshooting → Webcredentials if you want to use the autofill feature.
Send Deep Link Information to SDK
  1. Open ios/[Project name]/AppDelegate.
  2. Send deeplink information to the SDK when the application is opened through schemes by calling the handleURLSchemeDeeplinkmethod at the beginning of the following function.
  1. When targeting iOS 8.x or earlier, also call the handleURLSchemeDeeplinkmethod at the beginning of the following function.
  1. Send deep link information to the SDK when the application is opened through an universal link by calling the handleUserActivitymethod at the beginning of the following function.

Custom Domain Setup (Optional)

Please refer to the below guides to setup your custom domain with Airbridge. iOS: Guide Android: Guide Click on your URI scheme to test if your deep link has been properly set up in the Airbridge SDK.
  • YOUR_APP_URI_SCHEME://
The results will show on the “Airbridge dashboard → Row Data → App Real-time Log” tab if everything is working.

User Setup


User Identifier Setup

Once a user identifier information is sent to the SDK, all events thereafter will contain the corresponding user identifier information.
Example
The above code operates in the following order.
  1. User = { ID: ‘personID1’, email: ‘persondoe1@airbridge.io’ }
  2. User = { ID: ‘personID1’, email: ‘persondoe1@airbridge.io’, phone: ‘1(123)123-1234’ }
  3. User = { ID: ‘personID3’, email: ‘persondoe2@airbridge.io’, phone: ‘1(123)123-1234)’ }

User Attribute Setup

Additional user attributes can be set for various purposes such as MTA (Multi-Touch Attribution) analysis, internal data analysis and 3rd party solution integrations.

Testing

Make sure that your user information settings are being properly sent through the SDK.
  1. Configure user identifier information.
  2. Send an event using the SDK.
  3. Click the event at “Airbridge dashboard → Raw Data → App Real-time Logs”
  4. Check if the user information is correctly sent under the userblock.

Device Setup


Setup Device Alias

Setup a device alias through the Airbridge SDK. The alias will be sustained even after the app closes, unless otherwise deleted.

Event Setup


When important user actions occur, in-app events can be sent to measure the performance of each channel. All event parameters are optional. However, more information about the event will help provide a more accurate analysis. actionlabelvaluecustomAttributes and semanticAttributes can be used for event options.

User Events

Send user events with the SDK. actionlabelvaluecustomAttributes and semanticAttributes can be used for user events.
Sign Up
User identifiers are set with setUser and then sent with AirbridgeCategory.SIGN_UP for user sign ups.

Sign In

User identifiers are set with setUser and then sent with AirbridgeCategory.SIGN_IN for user logins.
Sign Out
Send the sign out event with AirbridgeCategory.SIGN_OUT, and then reset the user identifiers with Airbridge.state.setUser({}).

E-commerce Events

Send e-commerce events with the SDK.
actionlabelvaluecustomAttributes and semanticAttributes can be used for e-commerce events. It is possible to include product information using semanticAttributes. Custom key values can be used along with the pre-defined values.
View Home Screen
View Product Detail
View Product List
View Search Result
Add to Cart
Purchase

Verify Event Transmission

Make sure that the events are being properly sent through the SDK.
  1. Send an event with the SDK.
  2. Check if the event shows up at “Airbridge dashboard → Raw Data → Web Real-time Logs”.

Advanced Setup


Install Restricted SDK

Restricted SDK does not collect device IDs, including Ad ID. The restricted SDK will be available starting from v2.5.3.

Install using NPM

Setup Project

Obtain the object in the project’s index.js file with the following code.

SDK Signature Setup

Protection against SDK spoofing is possible once you set your SDK Signature. This feature is available for the Airbridge React Native SDK v2.3.0 and above.
  • Add the following lines in the airbridge.json file.
The SDK Signature Credentials are required for the SDK Signature setup. Refer to this article to learn how to create them.

Session Timeout

Configure the sessionTimeoutSeconds parameter of airbridge.json. App open events will not be sent again if the user re-opens the app within the sessionTimeoutSeconds value. Session timeout is in milliseconds and must range between 0 and 604800000 (7 days). Default value is 1000 * 60 * 5 (5 minutes).

Hash User Indentifier

Email addresses and phone numbers are hashed by default. (SHA256) You can stop hashing email and phone information by configuring the userInfoHashEnabled parameter of airbridge.json.
You must take appropriate measures internally when personal information is not hashed.
The Airbridge SDK can track Facebook Deferred App Links by utilizing the facebookDeferredAppLinkEnabled parameter of airbridge.json.
  1. Install the Facebook SDK:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/getting-started.
  1. Set facebookDeferredAppLinkEnabledof airbridge.json to true.
AttentionThe Facebook SDK must be configured beforehand. Reference
The SDK will send all deep link events when the app is opened using a deep link. If you’re having difficulty tracking the re-engagement performance due to various deep link actions within the app, set trackAirbridgeLinkOnly of airbridge.json to true. The SDK will only send deep link events that use Airbridge deep links. Airbridge deep links are defined as…
  • Deep links registered on the Airbridge dashboard
  • airbridge.iodeep links
  • deeplink.pagedeep links
  • Contains the airbridge_referrerquery information

Privacy Protection (Opt-Out)

When autoStartTrackingEnabled of airbridge.json is set to false, the Airbridge SDK will not send events to the Airbridge server until the Airbridge.state.startTracking method is called. This feature is useful for compliances such as GDPR and CCPA.

Tracking Authorize Timeout (iOS only)

When the AppTrackingTransparency.framework is used to present an app-tracking authorization request to the user, IDFA will not be collected when the install event occurs because the install event occurs before the selection. When trackingAuthorizeTimeoutSeconds of airbridge.json is set to true, the install event will be sent after the timeout period or delayed until an ATT option is selected.

Location Tracking (Android Only)

Track a user’s location through the locationCollectionEnabled parameter of the airbridge.json file.
AttentionLocation information must be collected for legal purposes only.
Use the code below to execute and track deep links in the app.
click
The click function adds a “click” statistic to the corresponding tracking link, then moves to the pre-set app, web or fallback. Call the click function when the tracking link is clicked on. The deep link and fallback are “backup links” used when there is no Internet connection. Deep link parameters are only available in Custom URL Scheme format. (All these parameters are optional)
impression
The impression function adds an “impression” statistic to the corresponding tracking link. Call the impression function when the tracking is displayed.
AttentionIf you are using a “custom domain” for your tracking link, it can not be used with a “custom short ID”.
  • example: https://deeplink.customdomain.com/custom -> Not possible
  • example: https://deeplink.customdomain.co/autogenerated -> Possible
  • example: https://abr.ge/autogenerated -> Possible

Get deviceUUID

Uninstall tracking

This feature is available only for React Native SDK v2.1.0+.
  • Airbridge Android SDK v2.6.0+
  • Airbridge iOS SDK v1.28.2+
Please refer to this guide for details.
Send Push Token
Forward the push token to Airbridge using the registerPushToken method. Make sure the notification is not shown on the device if the remote message value is airbridge-uninstall-tracking.

Hybrid App Setup


Additional events such as app installs, app open and deep link opens can’t be tracked with just the web SDK. The following simple setup allows in-app events to be called for a hybrid app.
Airbridge.CreateWebInterface allows you to control the web interface. Please refer to the guide below for more information.

Troubleshooting


Update 1.X.X → 2.X.X

The event API has been replaced to the below.
Refer to the React native 2.X.X migration guide for details.

Bitcode Compile Error

An error like below may occur when creating iOS builds with React Native SDK v1.5.0+.
Since React Native SDK v1.5.0+ uses Airbridge iOS SDK v1.28.0+, Bitcode is no longer supported. Please refer to the Bitcode compile error guide for more details.

Resolve Airbridge SDK backup rules merge conflict issue

If you are experiencing build errors caused by overlapping of the Airbridge SDK backup rules and third-party SDK backup rules, please refer to the workaround below. e.g) If you have an Airbridge SDK backup rule and an Appsflyer SDK backup rule that overlap, you will see the build error below.
To resolve this issue, please set up as follows.
  1. Create a android/app/src/main/res/xml folder.
  2. Within the created xml folder, create a file (e.g. custom_backup_rules.xml).
  3. Add the data backup rules defined in the Airbridge SDK as follows.

Migration guide

Update 1.1.X → 1.2.X

npm
Change version of Airbridge React Native SDK in package.json.
Execute the following command.
Android
  1. Modify android/app/src/main/java/.../MainActivity
iOS
  1. Modify ios/[Project Name]/AppDelegate
Settings
  1. Add an airbridge.jsonfile to the project folder.
  2. Add the parameters shown in the example below in JSON format.
Description

Update 1.0.X → 1.1.X

Installation
Uninstall the old version of the Airbridge SDK.
Install the new version of the Airbridge SDK.
After Installation, execute the following command.
setDeeplinkListener Remove the getInitialDeeplink function and use the setDeeplinkListener function only.
Android
AndroidManifest.xml In the MainActivity section of the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml file, add intent-filter parameters as below.
MainActivity.java Modify android/app/src/main/java/.../MainActivity.java as below.
iOS
Universal Link
  1. Go to “Xcode → Project file → Signing & Capabilities”.
  2. Click ”+ Capability” and add “Associated Domains”.
  3. Add applinks:YOUR_APP_NAME.deeplink.pageto “Associated Domains”
YOUR_APP_NAME can be found on the [Settings]>[Token] page in the Airbridge dashboard.
AppDelegate.m`
Modify ios/.../AppDelegate.m as below.
When targeting iOS 8.x or earlier, also make the following changes.

Update 0.2.X → 1.X.X

Reinstalling the Airbridge SDK
Unlink the old version of the SDK.
Follow the steps below when an error occurs with react-native unlink react-native-airbridge-bridge
  1. (Android) Modify android/app/src/main/java/.../MainApplication.javaas below.
  1. (iOS) Open ios/xxx.xcodeproj.
  2. (iOS) Remove AirbridgeBridge.xcodeprojin Libraries
Uninstall the old version of the SDK.
Install the new version of the SDK.
Link the new version of the SDK.
index.js Modify index.js as below.
build.gradle (Android) Modify android/app/build.gradle as below.
AndroidManifest.xml (Android) Modify android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml as below.
permission (Android)
MainActivity
MainApplication.java (Android) Modify android/app/src/main/java/.../MainApplication.java as below.
MainActivity.java (Android) Modify android/app/src/main/java/.../MainActivity.java as below.
Podfile (iOS) Modify ios/Podfile as below.
Run the command below in terminal.
AppDelegate.m (iOS) Modify ios/.../AppDelegate.m as below.
When targeting iOS 8.x or earlier, also make the following changes.