Overview

This document will guide you through the installation and configuration of the Apptentive SDK in your Android apps. Laid out below are instructions that will allow you to ask users to rate your app, give feedback about app performance, and show surveys to your users.

*Note: The installation instructions are also presented to you on www.apptentive.com when you add an app. This document is kept in sync with our web documentation.

Integration takes three steps:

1. Get the source
2. Add the source to your project
3. Modify your AndroidManifest.xml and Activities

#Get the Apptentive Source All of our client code is open source, and available here on github. We believe in "Your App, Your Code". Our code can be accessed in two ways:

• Download the latest tagged release (v0.6.2) as a .zip or .tar.gz.
• Clone our SDK using git: git clone https://github.com/apptentive/apptentive-android.git

#Add Apptentive to Your Project ##Using Eclipse These instructions were tested on the Juno release

1. From the menu bar, click File -> Import. Under General, select Existing Projects into Workspace. Click Next.
2. In the Package Explorer, select your project.
3. From the menu bar, click Project -> Properties.
4. On the left side, click Android. Then, under the Library section, click Add.
5. Select apptentive-android-sdk, and click OK.

The Apptentive SDK is now available in your Eclipse project.

##Using IntelliJ IDEA These instructions were tested on the Leda (12 EAP) release

1. From the menu bar, click File -> Add Module.
2. Click the Create module from existing sources radio button, choose the apptentive-android-sdk directory, and click Next until finished.
3. From the menu bar, click File -> Project Structure....
4. Under Project Settings click Modules, and then select your app's module.
5. Click the Dependencies tab, and then click the small + button in the lower left corner of that pane.
6. Choose Module Dependency..., select apptentive-android-sdk module, and click OK.

The Apptentive SDK is now available in your IntelliJ IDEA project.

#Using Apptentive in your Android App

##1. Modify your AndroidManifest.xml You will need to copy in the bold text below into your AndroidManifest.xml. Comments note the required and optional changes.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          package="com.apptentive.android.example"
          android:versionCode="1"
          android:versionName="1.0">

    <!-- All permissions required except GET_ACCOUNTS, which is only need to pull user email -->
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>

    <-- This is not part of the integration, but make sure you are supporting high resolution screens so Apptentive
        UI elements look great! -->
    <supports-screens android:largeScreens="true"
                      android:normalScreens="true"
                      android:smallScreens="true"
                      android:anyDensity="true"/>

    <application android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@drawable/icon">
        <activity android:name=".ExampleActivity"
                  android:label="@string/app_name"
                  android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden"
                  android:launchMode="singleTop">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

        <-- Include your App's Apptentive API key. This is available in your app's "settings" page on www.apptentive.com -->
        <meta-data android:name="apptentive_api_key" android:value="YOUR_API_KEY_GOES_HERE"/>

        <-- Copy in this code. It sets up the single Activity we use to launch our views, and allows us to be
            notified when the internet connection comes up, so we can handle sending and receiving message reliably -->
        <activity android:name="com.apptentive.android.sdk.ViewActivity"/>
        <receiver android:name="com.apptentive.android.sdk.comm.NetworkStateReceiver">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.net.conn.CONNECTIVITY_CHANGE"/>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.PACKAGE_RESTARTED"/>
            </intent-filter>
        </receiver>

    </application>
</manifest>

##2. Integrate yor Activities with Apptentive In order to keep track of Application state, we need to hook into a few of the Activity lifecycle hooks in your Activities. There are two ways of doing this: Inheritence, and Delegation. Inheritence is the easiest method, while delegation is provided if you can't or don't want to inherit from our Activities. Use one of these methods (mix and match is OK too) on ALL of the Activities you define in your manifest.

Inheritence

import com.apptentive.android.sdk.ApptentiveActivity;

public class ExampleActivity extends ApptentiveActivity {

Delegation

import com.apptentive.android.sdk.ApptentiveActivity;
    

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    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        Apptentive.onStart(this);
	}

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        Apptentive.onStop(this);
    }

##3. Call into Apptentive for ratings, feedback, and surveys

Ratings

Apptentive can ask users to rate your app after a set of conditions are met. Those conditions can be specified in your Apptentive settings page so you don't have to submit a new version to the app store for changes to take effect. All you have to do is call the ratings module when you want to show the dialog. Here is an example in your main Activity:

@Override
public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus) {
    super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
    if (hasFocus) {
        Apptentive.getRatingModule().run(this);
    }
}

Feedback

You can add a button that will show a feedback dialog when pressed. Here is an example button click handler:

Button feedbackButton = (Button)findViewById(R.id.your_feedback_button);
feedbackButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener(){
    public void onClick(View v) {
        Apptentive.getFeedbackModule().forceShowFeedbackDialog(YourActivity.this);
    }
});

Survey

Surveys currently require a fetch and then show operation. The easiest way to show a survey is to pass a listener into the survey fetch method, and then show a survey when the listener gets a callback. You can also pass a listener into the survey show method, and be notified of successful survey completions.

Apptentive.getSurveyModule().fetchSurvey(new OnSurveyFetchedListener() {
    public void onSurveyFetched(final boolean success) {
        Apptentive.getSurveyModule().show(this, new OnSurveyCompletedListener() {
            public void onSurveyCompletedListener() {
                // Code that runs when the survey was successfully completed.
            }
        });
    }
});

Done

That's it. If you have any questions or concerns, please email sky@apptentive.com.