Easy Tracker issue

Question

I am trying to set context for easytracker before using it in my on create method as :

 Context context= this; 
 EasyTracker.getInstance().setContext(context);

But getInstance is needing a context and when I call setContext, it becomes red-underlined saying "The method setContext(Context, ParameterLoader, ServiceManager) in the type EasyTracker is not applicable for the arguments (Context)".

I want to set context for easytracker to track my button clicks.

What is the context? An `Activity` or a `Fragment`? – Yoann Hercouet May 31 '14 at 11:29 — Yoann Hercouet, May 31 '14 at 11:29

Giru Bhai · Answer 1 · 2014-05-31T11:37:59.790

Basically, what the error is saying is that if you call getInstance() you need to provide it a Context object. You're doing this within an Activity, so getInstance(this) should work for you (in this case, this will be matching your current Context). So Change this

EasyTracker.getInstance().setContext(context);

to

EasyTracker.getInstance(context).setContext(context);

Or to set easytracker instance,try this

EasyTracker easyTracker = EasyTracker.getInstance(context);

and track button click event as

easyTracker.send(MapBuilder
          .createEvent("ui_action",     // Event category (required)
                       "button_press",  // Event action (required)
                       "play_button",   // Event label
                       null)            // Event value
          .build()
      );

Still setContext is red underlined. – user3559063 May 31 '14 at 11:22 — user3559063, May 31 '14 at 11:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 31 '14 at 11:34

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There is no need to use setContext here, just follow Google's tutorial:

@Override
  public void onStart() {
    super.onStart();
    ... // The rest of your onStart() code.
    EasyTracker.getInstance(this).activityStart(this);  // Add this method.
  }

  @Override
  public void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    ... // The rest of your onStop() code.
    EasyTracker.getInstance(this).activityStop(this);  // Add this method.
  }

answered May 31 '14 at 11:34

Yoann Hercouet

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My my onClick is in oncreate method, not in onstart or onstop – user3559063 May 31 '14 at 11:42
The EasyTracker is used to see when the screens are displayed, for events you need to create custom trackers: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v4/events – Yoann Hercouet May 31 '14 at 11:49

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