Developers

Client SDK: React Native

Installation

First, download the library from npm:

$ npm install react-native-mparticle --save

For clients using the react-native-tvos library you must add the force flag to the install code as shown below. This tells the installer to ignore using the core React Native repository and instead use the tvOS-specific library instead.

$ npm install react-native-mparticle --save --force

Second, install the native dependencies. You can use rnpm (now part of react-native core via link) to add native dependencies automatically:

$ react-native link

Grab your mParticle key and secret from your app’s dashboard and move on to the OS-specific instructions below.

iOS and tvOS

Install the SDK using CocoaPods:

$ # Update your Podfile to depend on 'mParticle-Apple-SDK'
$ pod install

The mParticle SDK is initialized by calling the startWithOptions method within the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: delegate call. Preferably the location of the initialization method call should be one of the last statements in the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:. The startWithOptions method requires an options argument containing your key and secret and an initial Identity request.

Note that it is imperative for the SDK to be initialized in the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method. Other parts of the SDK rely on the UIApplicationDidBecomeActiveNotification notification to function properly. Failing to start the SDK as indicated will impair it. Also, please do not use GCD’s dispatch_async to start the SDK.

Swift

import mParticle_Apple_SDK

func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
        
       // Override point for customization after application launch.
        let mParticleOptions = MParticleOptions(key: "<<<App Key Here>>>", secret: "<<<App Secret Here>>>")
        
       /* Optional - Please see the Identity page for more information on building this object
        let request = MPIdentityApiRequest()
        request.email = "email@example.com"
        mParticleOptions.identifyRequest = request
        mParticleOptions.onIdentifyComplete = { (apiResult, error) in
            NSLog("Identify complete. userId = %@ error = %@", apiResult?.user.userId.stringValue ?? "Null User ID", error?.localizedDescription ?? "No Error Available")
        }
        */
        
       //Start the SDK
        MParticle.sharedInstance().start(with: mParticleOptions)
        
       return true
}

Objective-C

For apps supporting iOS 8 and above, Apple recommends using the import syntax for modules or semantic import. However, if you prefer the traditional CocoaPods and static libraries delivery mechanism, that is supported as well.

If you are using mParticle as a framework, your import statement will be as follows:

@import mParticle_Apple_SDK;                // Apple recommended syntax, but requires "Enable Modules (C and Objective-C)" in pbxproj
#import <mParticle_Apple_SDK/mParticle.h>   // Works when modules are not enabled

Otherwise, for CocoaPods without use_frameworks!, you can use either of these statements:

#import <mParticle-Apple-SDK/mParticle.h>
#import "mParticle.h"

Next, you’ll need to start the SDK:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

    MParticleOptions *mParticleOptions = [MParticleOptions optionsWithKey:@"REPLACE ME" secret:@"REPLACE ME"];

    /* Optional - Please see the Identity page for more information on building this object
    MPIdentityApiRequest *request = [MPIdentityApiRequest requestWithEmptyUser];
    request.email = @"email@example.com";
    mParticleOptions.identifyRequest = request;
    mParticleOptions.onIdentifyComplete = ^(MPIdentityApiResult * _Nullable apiResult, NSError * _Nullable error) {
        NSLog(@"Identify complete. userId = %@ error = %@", apiResult.user.userId, error);
    };
    */

    [[MParticle sharedInstance] startWithOptions:mParticleOptions];

    return YES;
}

Please see Identity for more information on supplying an MPIdentityApiRequest object during SDK initialization.

Android

Grab your mParticle key and secret from your workspace’s dashboard and construct an MParticleOptions object.
Call start from the onCreate method of your app’s Application class. It’s crucial that the SDK be started here for proper session management. If you don’t already have an Application class, create it and then specify its fully-qualified name in the <application> tag of your app’s AndroidManifest.xml.

package com.example.myapp;

import android.app.Application;
import com.mparticle.MParticle;

public class MyApplication extends Application {
    @Override
    public void onCreate() {
        super.onCreate();
        MParticleOptions options = MParticleOptions.builder(this)
            .credentials("REPLACE ME WITH KEY","REPLACE ME WITH SECRET")
            .setLogLevel(MParticle.LogLevel.VERBOSE)
            //.identify(identifyRequest)
            .identifyTask(
                new BaseIdentityTask()
                        .addFailureListener(this)
                        .addSuccessListener(this)
                    )
            .build();

        MParticle.start(options);
    }
}

Warning: It’s generally not a good idea to log events in your Application.onCreate(). Android may instantiate your Application class for a lot of reasons, in the background, while the user isn’t even using their device.

Usage

Import

Importing the module:

import MParticle from 'react-native-mparticle'

Events

Logging events:

MParticle.logEvent('Test event', MParticle.EventType.Other, { 'Test key': 'Test value' })

Logging commerce events:

const product = new MParticle.Product('Test product for cart', '1234', 19.99)
const transactionAttributes = new MParticle.TransactionAttributes('Test transaction id')
const event = MParticle.CommerceEvent.createProductActionEvent(MParticle.ProductActionType.AddToCart, [product], transactionAttributes)

MParticle.logCommerceEvent(event)

const promotion = new MParticle.Promotion('Test promotion id', 'Test promotion name', 'Test creative', 'Test position')
const event = MParticle.CommerceEvent.createPromotionEvent(MParticle.PromotionActionType.View, [promotion])

MParticle.logCommerceEvent(event)

const product = new MParticle.Product('Test product that was viewed', '5678', 29.99)
const impression = new MParticle.Impression('Test impression list name', [product])
const event = MParticle.CommerceEvent.createImpressionEvent([impression])

MParticle.logCommerceEvent(event)

Logging screen events:

MParticle.logScreenEvent('Test screen', { 'Test key': 'Test value' })

Exclude App and Commerce Events from mParticle Server Upload

If you have a high-volume event that you would like to forward to kits but exclude from uploading to mParticle, set a boolean flag per event.

By default, all events upload to the mParticle server unless explicitly set not to.

// Events
var event = new MParticle.Event()
    .setName('Test event')
    .setType(MParticle.EventType.Other)
    .setInfo({ 'Test key': 'Test value' })
    .setShouldUploadEvent(false) // Set false to prevent uploading, true or omit to upload
MParticle.logMPEvent(event)

// Commerce Events
const product = new MParticle.Product('Test product for cart', '1234', 19.99)
const transactionAttributes = new MParticle.TransactionAttributes('Test transaction id')
var commerceEvent = MParticle.CommerceEvent.createProductActionEvent(MParticle.ProductActionType.AddToCart, [product], transactionAttributes)
commerceEvent.setShouldUploadEvent(false) // Set false to prevent uploading, true or omit to upload
MParticle.logCommerceEvent(commerceEvent)

License

Apache 2.0

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