This developer guide describes how to measure user timings with the
Google Analytics SDK v4 for Android.
Overview
Measuring user timings provides a native way to measure a period of time in
Google Analytics. This can be useful to measure resource load times, for
example.
User timings have the following fields:
Field Name |
Type |
Required |
Description |
Category |
String
| Yes |
The category of the timed event |
Value |
long
| Yes |
The timing measurement in milliseconds |
Name |
String
| Yes |
The name of the timed event |
Label |
String
| No |
The label of the timed event |
User timing data can be found primarily in the App Speed User Timings report.
Implementation
To send a user timing to Google Analytics, create a
TimingBuilder
and use a Tracker
to send it.
// Get tracker.
Tracker t = ((AnalyticsSampleApp) getActivity().getApplication()).getTracker(
TrackerName.APP_TRACKER);
// Build and send timing.
t.send(new HitBuilders.TimingBuilder()
.setCategory(getTimingCategory())
.setValue(getTimingInterval())
.setVariable(getTimingName())
.setLabel(getTimingLabel())
.build());
See
Advanced Configuration for details on the getTracker
method.
See a Code Snippet from the Sample Application
The following snippet shows an example Fragment
that sends
a user timing:
package com.google.android.apps.mobileplayground;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.View.OnClickListener;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import com.google.android.apps.mobileplayground.AnalyticsSampleApp.TrackerName;
import com.google.android.gms.analytics.GoogleAnalytics;
import com.google.android.gms.analytics.HitBuilders;
import com.google.android.gms.analytics.Tracker;
/**
* Class to exercise Timing hits.
*/
public class TimingFragment extends Fragment {
@Override
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.timing, container, false);
final Button sendButton = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.timingSend);
sendButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// Get tracker.
Tracker t = ((AnalyticsSampleApp) getActivity().getApplication()).getTracker(
TrackerName.APP_TRACKER);
// Build and send timing.
t.send(new HitBuilders.TimingBuilder()
.setCategory(getTimingCategory())
.setValue(getTimingInterval())
.setVariable(getTimingName())
.setLabel(getTimingLabel())
.build());
}
});
final Button dispatchButton = (Button) view.findViewById(R.id.timingDispatch);
dispatchButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// Manually start a dispatch (Unnecessary if the tracker has a dispatch interval)
GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(getActivity().getBaseContext()).dispatchLocalHits();
}
});
return view;
}
private String getTimingCategory() {
return ((EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.editTimingCategory)).getText().toString().trim();
}
private long getTimingInterval() {
String value =
((EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.editTimingInterval)).getText().toString().trim();
if (value.length() == 0) {
return 0;
}
return Long.valueOf(value);
}
private String getTimingName() {
return ((EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.editTimingName)).getText().toString().trim();
}
private String getTimingLabel() {
return ((EditText) getView().findViewById(R.id.editTimingLabel)).getText().toString().trim();
}
}