Requirements

Sample Apps

To help to familiarize yourself with our library, tracking methods, and best practice implementation, explore the Tealium for Android sample apps.

Get the Code

Clone the Tealium Android library. Cloning the library, rather than downloading, makes it easier to update to future releases.

See the Tealium API for a complete listing of Tealium classes and methods for Android.

Install

Install the Tealium SDK for Android with Maven, or manually.

Maven

To install Tealium for Android library with Maven (recommended):

  1. Add the Tealium Maven URL to your project’s top-level build.gradle file:

    allprojects {
  repositories {
    jcenter()
    maven {
      url "https://maven.tealiumiq.com/android/releases/"
    }
  }
}

  2. In your project module’s build.gradle file, add the following Maven dependency:

    dependencies {
  implementation 'com.tealium:library:5.8.0'
}

Manual

To install Tealium for Android library manually:

  1. Add flatDir to your project root build.gradle file:

    allprojects {
  repositories {
     jcenter()
     flatDir {
         dirs 'libs'
     }
  }
}

  2. Add tealium-5.x.x.aar to <PROJECT_ROOT>/<MODULE>/libs.

  3. Add the Tealium library dependency to your build.gradle file:

    dependencies {
  implementation(name:'tealium-5.6.1', ext:'aar')
}

Initialize

To initialize, make the following changes in app’s onCreate() method:

  1. Create instance of the Tealium.Config object:

    Tealium.Config tealConfig = Tealium.Config.create(
    this,
    "ACCOUNT",
    "PROFILE",
    "ENVIRONMENT");

  2. Call any additional needed methods to set the configuration data such as setDatasourceId():

    tealConfig.setDatasourceId("DATASOURCE_ID");

  3. Call the setupInstance() method to setup the app’s lifecycle instance:

    LifeCycle.setupInstance("INSTANCE_NAME", config, true);

  4. Call the createInstance() method to create the Tealium instance, passing the configuration instance as a constructor argument:

    tealium = Tealium.createInstance("INSTANCE_NAME", tealConfig);

When Collect is enabled in versions 5.5.1+, data is sent to the profile provided in Tealium.Config object. In previous versions, data is sent to the default profile ("main")

Log Level

The log level is controlled by the remote publish settings and is inferred from the environment set in the initialization.

In versions 5.3.1+, it is possible to override the log level locally with the setForceOverrideLogLevel() method as shown in the following example:

tealConfig.setForceOverrideLogLevel("LOG_LEVEL");

Cookies

Enabling cookies is required if you have enabled Tag Management in your mobile profile.

Add the following code, after the initialization statement, to activate cookie management.

config.getEventListeners().add(createCookieEnablerListener());
private static WebViewCreatedListener createCookieEnablerListener() {
    return new WebViewCreatedListener() {
        @Override
        public void onWebViewCreated(WebView webView) {
            final CookieManager mgr = CookieManager.getInstance();
            // Accept all cookies
            mgr.setAcceptCookie(true);
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP) {
                mgr.setAcceptThirdPartyCookies(webView, true);
            }
            if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB_MR1) {
                CookieManager.setAcceptFileSchemeCookies(true);
            }
            Log.d(TAG, "WebView " + webView + " created and cookies enabled.");
        }
    };
}

This code allows the tag management Webview to accept first-party, third-party, and file scheme cookies.

In versions 5.1.0+, CookieManager is enabled by default. In versions 5.0.4 and below, CookieManager is disabled by default.

Event Batching

To enable event batching, go to the Mobile Publish Settings and set the batch size to a value greater than 1. Events are dispatched when the number of events in the queue equals the batch size.

The dispatch of events can also be triggered based on the batch timeout setting. This setting ensures that, when the batch size is not reached, the queue is still dispatched after an elapsed period of time. Set the batch timeout by calling the method setSecondsBeforeBatchTimeout().

To override the batch size and batch timeout checks, flush the queue immediately by calling the method requestFlush().

If the device is offline or has the Consent Manager enabled, the flush override has no effect.

Multiprocess Apps

Android 9+ Multiprocess Applications

Android 9 introduced a behavior change around WebView data directories in multiprocess applications. In this change, a WebView no longer shares a single data directory across multiple processes. Typically, you’ll want to have all your Activities that use a WebView in the same process.

If you use the Tag Management module and implement additional instances of WebView, we recommend calling WebView.setDataDirectorySuffix() before creating the Tealium instance to prevent the app from crashing.

If you need to access cookies and web data from the Tag Management module, copy it between processes using the CookieManager.getCookie() and CookieManager.setCookie() methods.

To learn more, see Web-based data directories separated by process.

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