The Google Play `com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER` Intent is broadcast when an Android app is installed from the Google Play Store.
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Getting (not%20set) for UTM parameters with Install Referrer- Android
I am using my custom broadcast receiver as follows to track UTM parameters.

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Test Google Play Install Referrer API or examples
I'm trying to use Google Play Install Referrer API to create a transparent way for the users to share my app and get benefits... but i'm having a nightmare trying to test this api
My app has a button, when user presses it gets a link which can share…

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utm_source=(not%20set)&utm_medium=(not%20set) Google play referal
I have developed an application where user can refer other users and can earn incentives. I am getting the expected UTM_SOURCE and UTM_MEDIUM values in 85% of cases but in rest of the cases i am getting utm_source=(not%20set)&utm_medium=(not%20set).…

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"com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER" somehow parameters are lost and changed to (not%20set)
I have a problem with INSTALL_REFERRER broadcast in my app.
I'm trying to create some information about campaign etc, but on most devices my url…

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Install Referrer in Flutter from Google Ads
Is there a way in Flutter to get the install referrer from google play?
https://developer.android.com/google/play/installreferrer/library.html
if possible both Android and iOS.
My Goal is to identify if the user was installed/downloaded from Play…

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iOS10 SFSafariViewController not working when alpha is set to 0
I'm using SFSafariViewController to grab user's cookie in my app. Here's is my code:
SFSafariViewController *safari = [[SFSafariViewController alloc]initWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:referrerUrl] entersReaderIfAvailable:NO];
safari.delegate =…

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Deep linking not able to fallback to google market?
Below is my scenario:
If the app is installed, launch the app pass a referrer data and handle it inside the app.
If the app is not installed , direct to google play install the app handle the referrer data.
I am able to achieve first case
For…

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How to test Google App Invites
I'm currently implementing Google's App Invites
and I'm wondering what the best way to test fresh installs.
I can broadcast an INSTALL_REFERRER event with the appropriate deep link like so:
adb shell am broadcast -a…

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Google Play Store Web to Device installation not passing INSTALL_REFERRER
I am adding an install referrer to a Play Store link.
If that link is launched from an Android device then I get the referrer data and everything works well.
But, when using the same link from desktop and choosing Web to Device installation to an…

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Google play store is changing the referrer data to "com.android.chrome"?
I am new to referrer concept.
I have written a code, the intention of which is to have google playstore send a referrer data as a broadcast to my app after installation which I catch and handle accordingly. The problem is the data that I am asking…

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Install referrer receiver was accidentally left in the manifest file after I removed the referrer SDK
I have removed the appnext SDK from my project. However, I forgot to remove the appnext install referral receiver. The version passed gradle build without any error or warning even though it should have failed the build! (Since I referenced an SDK…

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How to detect if the current app was installed as a Google Play Experiment?
We would like to know which experiment the user installed(if any) and associate this with our own tracking data logged within the app. This raises the question:
From inside the currently running app, how is it possible to retrieve and analyse any…

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How to get Facebook Install Referrals from Facebook Ads in Flutter
We have a Facebook Ad for installing a mobile application. The link on the ad points to following:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/detailsid=com.app.example&fbclid=IwWR14PdRDl0ht5A8BygFG1h77kRuLNGnFLpgJSD7wRsGPMRqJwoz4STNyng4
After the…

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Duplicate class com.google.android.a.a found in modules?
I tried adding Installreferrer to my app after adding it to gradle, when rebuilding the app. I'm getting this error.
Duplicate class com.google.android.a.a found in modules jetified-installreferrer-2.2-runtime…

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Is there a client-side iOS 14 method that provides the app or web install referrer?
I want to understand where my users came from (another app, website, paid advertisement, etc).
Their journey would be something like: viewing a website X containing an ad Y to my app -> clicking the ad -> app product page opens up in the iOS…

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