Integration

A comprehensive guide to integrating your android app with InviteReferrals. The new SDK for android helps you to run a referral campaign in InviteReferrals. Read this guide to know the basic integration of the referral campaign, how to track the events, how to show a welcome message, and other important information via FAQs.

Read this guide to integrate your android app with InviteReferrals android SDK.

Follow the below steps :

1. Add the following repository to your project-level build.gradle file:

repositories {
     google()
     mavenCentral()
}

2. Add the following dependency to your build.gradle file of your app.

dependencies {
     implementation 'com.android.installreferrer:installreferrer:1.1.1'
     implementation 'com.invitereferrals.invitereferrals:invitereferrals:v1.1.2.1'
}

Configure your AndroidManifest.xml

<manifest….>
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/> 
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE"/>
      <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>  
      <application....>
          <meta-data android:name="invitereferrals_bid" android:value="17xx"></meta-data>
          <meta-data android:name="invitereferrals_bid_e" android:value="B0xxxxxxx"></meta-data>

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Note: In above example Dummy Brand ID and Encryption keys shown. Kindly login your IR_account to see your credentials.

Initializing the SDK

a)​ ​​​ ​If​ ​you​ ​don’t​ ​have​ ​your​ ​own​ ​application​ ​class,​ ​then​​ ​register​() ​our​ ​application​ ​class​ in the manifest file ​as follows​ :

<application android:name​="com.invitereferrals.invitereferrals.InviteReferralsApplication"></application>

OR

b)​​ ​​ ​If​ ​you​ ​have​ ​your​ ​own​ ​application​ ​class,​ ​then​ call​ ​our register​ ​method​ inside​ ​your​ ​application​ ​class​ ​onCreate​() ​method,​ as follows :

InviteReferralsApplication.register(applicationContext);

InviteReferralsApplication.register(applicationContext);