Android INSTALL_REFERRER no Google Play Broadcast

Question

I'm trying to implement a referral feature for the app I'm building. I've spent 5 days on this and still can't make it work with Google Play installation.

I've followed the developer guide for v3: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/android/v3/campaigns#google-play-testing Implemented a Broadcast receiver that is working just fine when I'm broadcasting com.android.vending the fake Intent with ADB: Broadcast receiver fires, everything happens as I expect it to.

When I deploy my APK to Google Play as Alpha - I don't receive the intent from Google Play. My sequence is as follows: Uninstall the app. Tap the generated URL with campaign parameters on the device. Google Play opens. I tap Install. My app is installed. I tap Open App starts, but Broadcast receiver doesn't receive a thing. I don't see com.android.vending in the Logs...

What am I doing wrong?

Device Nexus 5 (also tested on Galaxy S2, Droid X, HTC One) Tested on Kitkat, 4.3, 4.2, 2.3.4 The URL I'm using is: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.inigoapp.inigoandroid&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle

Please please please help. Thank you.

Answer 1

The URL you need to use inside other Android apps is like the following:

market://details?id=com.inigoapp.inigoandroid&referrer=utm_source%3Dgoogle

Seems that the HTTP Google Play redirection does not save the referral data. Give it a try and tell us something.