Measurement protocol not working for mobile app

Question

I am trying to send data about screenview in my account Google Analytics, using measurement protocol. But i don't see data in the Real Time reports. string request:

http://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&tid=UA-55175445-4&cid=666&t=screenview&an=HelloWorld

where is a problem?

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '15 at 10:12

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I had same problem and apparently if you're using mobile app version of analytics you have to send application name (an) and application id (aid), otherwise the hit is ignored.

answered Mar 30 '15 at 10:12

Ficik

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Worked for me. Just for clarification: "an" is an app name, specified in GA, "aid" is an ios app bundle id. – Marat Khasanov Apr 15 '15 at 11:53
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Thanks! I only needed to set `an`. How can this not be documented? – Daniel Darabos Jun 26 '15 at 12:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '14 at 13:10

Here are some bullets you might want to consider.

1) Make sure that you are using google universal. (How?)

2) For new google analytics accounts it will take up to 48 hours until you can start using the measurement protocol.

3) Make sure you are setting the User-Agent with the request

4) Make sure cid is a random UUID (version 4) as described in http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4122.txt

Measurement protocol not working for mobile app

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