Can I catch an event when application is uninstalled in React Native?

Question

I need to send a notice to my server when the application is uninstalled. Is there a way to catch an event when a user uninstalls the app?

Answer 1

Yes you can there are many packages available to track uninstallation.

1.WEBENGAGE (It's not free)

• You will be able to segment your users and engage with them in a contextual and personalized manner through various channels such as Push, In-app, SMS, On-site (Notifications, Survey, Feedback), Web Push and Email.

• This will give you proper help you to track your users and help you take proper action to improve your growth.

2.CLEVERTAP

• It enables you to integrate app analytics and marketing

3.APPSFLYER (30 days free trial)

• it is the world's leading mobile attribution & marketing analytics platform, helping app marketers around the world make better decisions.

Note: All the above platforms provide unintsall tracking, So choose according to your usecase.

4.Without Third Party Library

This you can achieve through Push Notification. You can save device token with user email_id. So now you can send notification to all the registered devices and can filter out those devices along with their email_ids which were failed to receive notification.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

If you use firebase, you can use the 'app_remove' event listener. You can listen to it using firebase functions : https://firebase.google.com/docs/functions/analytics-events