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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W/cr_Chrome: Bad URI on deeplinking
I use a deeplink to pass parameters to my application on start, combined with an install referrer link if the application is not installed already.
The link is this one:

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com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER not fired until app is manually launched
I'm building an app to create "events", and after you create an event, you can invite people by (among other ways) sending an email with the invitation link.
If the user does not have the app installed, I want a way to allow the user to install the…

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Track referral when app is already installed
I have a play-store link generated by url builder. To track the referrer who referred my app, I have implemented campaign measurement as described in official docs.
But if the app is already installed, I am not sure how to parse the url. According…

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why android chrome replace refferer?
i need to redirect the user from chrome to google play to download my android applications. so i run this code in the web page which is opened by chrome…

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Chrome Extension equivalent to Android's INSTALL_REFERRER
Is there a way to detect where a chrome extension installation was referred from. In case you want to rebrand the extension based on where the user came from
Android Apps are capable of this using intent com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER and a…

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Getting some crashes on Install Referral Lib
So, I'm getting some crashes in crashlytics regarding the Install Referral Lib.
Crash Report
main (native):tid=1 systid=21220
#00 pc 0x9ae70 libc.so (__ioctl + 8)
#01 pc 0x69383 libc.so (ioctl + 26)
#02 pc 0x3a9d3 libbinder.so…

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Google Play Install Referrer is Oddly Inconsistent
Recently I've been attempting to attribute Android app installs to specific Google Ads Campaigns.
To do this, I began by tagging all my Google Ads campaigns with data about the campaign and later retrieving the installReferrer string.
I run the…

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Decrypt facebook install referrer data , Android
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-ads/install-referrer/
Facebook uses AES-GCM 256bit symmetric key using LibSodium to encrypt their referrer data.
And i am trying to decrypt them on Android.
Facebook Example :
$key =…

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Could not integrate google analytics in android app to use Attribution feature
I want to use google analytics for Install referrer and traffic source attribution for Android App.
I have linked my Firebase project with google analytics. I can see these projects while login in Google analytics.
To integrate google analytics i…

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How to use Google Play Install Referrer API in Ionic?
I have been struggling over the past week figuring out how to use Google Play Install Referrer API, in an Ionic app. I have tried using the following approaches:
Approach 1: InstallBroadcast
I installed a cordova plugin called…

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How to set install referrer url, so the referrer library can consume it
I am referring to an other app, but that app doesn't receive my referrer url. It keeps showing the url that's shown after a normal installation from the PlayStore.
I can find lots of explanations for the receiving app, on how to read the referrerUrl…

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install_referrer mail from google
I've received a mail from google regarding install_referrer
We recently announced that we’ll be deprecating the install_referrer
intent broadcast mechanism. Because one or more of your apps uses this
intent to track referrals, we wanted to…

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How to get back data sent from Uri (Referral / Deep Link)?
Into my App, the user could share a fitness workout with his friends. So there are different use cases:
The user's sharing with a friend on our App (this friend uses the App too). Just select his friend into his followings. So the sharing process…

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Install Referrer in Unity3D
Tell me how you can get install referrer in Unity3D. I made an android plugin in which I created a class inherited from the broadcastreceiver. And in the onreceive method, I send data, but the onreceive method is not called. The receiver has been…

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Set up install referrer and revenue tracking on iOS
We need to track install sources and total revenue per each install source, on iOS (we want to track effectivity of crosslinking and adware campaigns).
I.e. users from "source1" make m installs and bring us n $.
It was easy to implement on…

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