Let's your users share your App with Friends: App Invites for Android

Thinking about free marketing ? Want to give the opportunity to your user to share your app with their friends ? Maybe you just need more downloads ? Not sure where to start? Android App Invite is one of the answer you were looking for.
You will learn more about app invite is all about and why you need to care about. This talk will teach you exactly what you need to know to integrate app invite in your application.
At the end of this class, you will learn how to:

- integrate app invite in your app
- test your app invite for sending and reception of invites
- Manage invites tracking using Google Analytics API

Transcript

1. Let's your users share your App with Friends: APP INVITES FOR ANDROID
2. Story Time!
3. @ewilly1 Android Developer
4. Why Should I care ?
8. Word of mouth Legacy
9. Word of mouth Legacy
10. Word of mouth Legacy
11. We (USERS) care about “Happiness only real when shared.” Christopher McCandless
12. Bad and Good Pattern Please don’t stalk
13. Bad and Good Pattern The smart way: be ready be kind
14. Recap
15. Google App Invite API
16. How does it work ?
17. Let’s add it to our app Prepare Setup Configuration File Code
18. Prepare
19. Setup manifest <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.gms.version" android: value="@integer/google_play_services_version" />
20. Setup gradle APP compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-appinvite:8.3.0' PROJECT classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:1.5.0-beta2'
21. Configuration File Google developer console Enable App Invite API SHA-1 key Download your file
23. Code 1. Connect Google Client API with APP Invite Service Enabled 2. Start App Invite Intent 3. handle the result in the callback 4. Check if someone installed the app from an invitation
24. mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this) .addApi(AppInvite.API) .enableAutoManage(this, this) .build();
25. mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this) .addApi(AppInvite.API) .enableAutoManage(this, this) .build();
26. mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this) .addApi(AppInvite.API) .enableAutoManage(this, this) .build();
27. @Override protected void onStart() { super.onStart(); mGoogleApiClient.connect(); } @Override protected void onStop() { super.onStop(); mGoogleApiClient.disconnect(); }
28. @Override protected void onStart() { super.onStart(); mGoogleApiClient.connect(); } @Override protected void onStop() { super.onStop(); mGoogleApiClient.disconnect(); }
29. public void onConnectionFailed(ConnectionResult connectionResult) { Log.d(TAG, "onConnectionFailed:" + connectionResult); showMessage(getString(R.string.google_play_services_error)); }
30. private void onInviteClicked() { Intent intent = new AppInviteInvitation.IntentBuilder(getString(R.string.invitation_title)) .setMessage(getString(R.string.invitation_message)) .setDeepLink(Uri.parse(getString(R.string.invitation_deep_link))) .setCustomImage(Uri.parse(getString(R.string.invitation_custom_image))) .setCallToActionText(getString(R.string.invitation_cta)) .build(); startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_INVITE); }
31. private void onInviteClicked() { Intent intent = new AppInviteInvitation.IntentBuilder(getString(R.string.invitation_title)) .setMessage(getString(R.string.invitation_message)) .setDeepLink(Uri.parse(getString(R.string.invitation_deep_link))) .setCustomImage(Uri.parse(getString(R.string.invitation_custom_image))) .setCallToActionText(getString(R.string.invitation_cta)) .build(); startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_INVITE); }
32. protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data); Log.d(TAG, "onActivityResult: requestCode=" + requestCode + ", resultCode=" + resultCode); if (requestCode == REQUEST_INVITE) { if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) { String[] ids = AppInviteInvitation.getInvitationIds(resultCode, data); Log.d(TAG, getString(R.string.sent_invitations_fmt, ids.length)); } else { showMessage(getString(R.string.send_failed)); } } }
33. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { boolean autoLaunchDeepLink = true; AppInvite.AppInviteApi.getInvitation(mGoogleApiClient, this, autoLaunchDeepLink) .setResultCallback( new ResultCallback<AppInviteInvitationResult>() { @Override public void onResult(AppInviteInvitationResult result) { Log.d(TAG, "getInvitation:onResult:" + result.getStatus()); } }); }
34. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { boolean autoLaunchDeepLink = true; AppInvite.AppInviteApi.getInvitation(mGoogleApiClient, this, autoLaunchDeepLink) .setResultCallback( new ResultCallback<AppInviteInvitationResult>() { @Override public void onResult(AppInviteInvitationResult result) { Log.d(TAG, "getInvitation:onResult:" + result.getStatus()); } }); }
35. protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { boolean autoLaunchDeepLink = true; AppInvite.AppInviteApi.getInvitation(mGoogleApiClient, this, autoLaunchDeepLink) .setResultCallback( new ResultCallback<AppInviteInvitationResult>() { @Override public void onResult(AppInviteInvitationResult result) { Log.d(TAG, "getInvitation:onResult:" + result.getStatus()); } }); }
36. Recap
37. Numbers matters Let's measure it
38. Overview of Google Analytics API measure user activity Collection - Configuration - Processing - Reporting
39. Integrating Google Analytics API to measure your invites Prepare Setup Get tracking Id Configuration File Code
40. Prepare
42. Setup manifest <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/> <application android:name="AnalyticsApplication"> ... </application>
43. Setup gradle APP apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services' compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:8.3.0'
44. Tracking ID Create Account Add a Mobile Project to track -> Tracking ID Configure Analytics to process App Invites data Create App Invite DashBoard
45. Configuration File Google developer console Enable Analytics API Download your file
46. Code 1. Create a Tracker 2. Generate Event (sent and received invites)
47. Application level public static Tracker tracker() { return tracker; } @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); analytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(this); tracker = analytics.newTracker(TRACKING-ID); tracker.enableExceptionReporting(true); tracker.enableAdvertisingIdCollection(true); tracker.enableAutoActivityTracking(true); }
48. Application level public static Tracker tracker() { return tracker; } @Override public void onCreate() { super.onCreate(); analytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(this); tracker = analytics.newTracker(TRACKING-ID); tracker.enableExceptionReporting(true); tracker.enableAdvertisingIdCollection(true); tracker.enableAutoActivityTracking(true); }
49. Invite sent // Get tracker. Tracker t = ((KitApplication) getApplication()). tracker(); // Build and send an Event. t.send(new HitBuilders.EventBuilder() .setCategory(getString(R.string.category_id)) .setAction(getString(R.string.sent)) .build());
50. Invite sent // Get tracker. Tracker t = ((KitApplication) getApplication()). tracker(); // Build and send an Event. t.send(new HitBuilders.EventBuilder() .setCategory(getString(R.string.category_id)) .setAction(getString(R.string.sent)) .build());
51. Invite received Tracker t = ((MYApplication) getApplication()). tracker(); // Build and send an Event. t.send(new HitBuilders.EventBuilder() .setCategory(getString(R.string.category_id)) .setAction(getString(R.string.accepted)) .build());
52. Let's see some numbers
53. Recap
54. Show time (Live test)
55. Video https://goo.gl/Gk0iMY
56. @ewilly1 mbouendaw@yahoo.fr Code:goo.gl/POESae Slides:goo.gl/PBkzVm Thanks for your attention!
57. Q & A