PhoneGap plug-in overview

This plug-in allows you to send Android AppMeasurement calls from your PhoneGap project. To create a PhoneGap project, see PhoneGap.

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Install the plug-in using npm

Run the following command:

cordova plugin add adobe-mobile-services

Manually install the plug-in

Include the Plug-in

  1. Drag the ADBMobile_PhoneGap.java file to your src folder.

    To move this file, click OK.

  2. Drag the ADB_Helper.js file into the folder that contains the index.html file

    To move this file, click OK.

  3. In the res/xml folder, open the config.xml file and register an new plugin by adding the following:

    <feature name="ADBMobile_PhoneGap"> 
  <param name="android-package" value="[YOUR_PACKAGE_NAME].ADBMobile_PhoneGap" /> 
</feature>

    For example, if your package is named com.example.phonegaptest, your android-package value would be the following:

    <param name="android-package" value="com.example.phonegaptest.ADBMobile_PhoneGap" />

Include the AppMeasurement library

  1. To download the AppMeasurement library, see Get the SDK.

  2. Drag the adobeMobileLibrary.jar file to your src folder.

    To move this file, click OK.

  3. Right-click the `adobeMobileLibrary.jar file and select Add as Library.

  4. Based on the requirements of your project, enter the name, level, and location for the library.

  5. Drag the ADBMobileConfig.json file to your assets folder in the application root.

  6. Confirm that you have selected the root application and not an application in an application.

    To move this file, click OK.

Add app permissions

The AppMeasurement library requires the following permissions to send data and record offline tracking calls:

  • INTERNET
  • ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

To add these permissions, add the following lines to your AndroidManifest.xml file, which is in the application project directory:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> 
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

To enable in-app messaging:

Update AndroidManifest.xml to declare the full screen activity and enable the Message Notification Handler:

<activity  
android:name="com.adobe.mobile.MessageFullScreenActivity"  
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar" /> 
<receiver android:name="com.adobe.mobile.MessageNotificationHandler" />

If you select modal layout when you create a message in Adobe mobile services, select one of the following themes:

  • Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen
  • Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar
  • Theme.Translucent

For example:

<activity 
android:name="com.adobe.mobile.MessageFullScreenActivity" 
android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar.Fullscreen" 
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustUnspecified|stateHidden" /> 
<receiver android:name="com.adobe.mobile.MessageNotificationHandler" />

Implement custom tracking

In html files, add the following to the <head> tag where you want to use tracking:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="ADB_Helper.js"></script>

Resources on adobe.com

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