What if i delete the app, and re install it.
Does GA count me as new visitor ? or returning visitor?
and plus, how does GA tell whether a visitor is new or returning in mobile app?
does it detects visitors device ID? or mac address?
(I found that GA knows UV by its MAC address but not for sure with new & returning visitors)
as far as i know, since MAC addresses are following the device (which means it's not going to change), so that this will be counted as returning?
Please share comments or experiences that you have been encountered so far.
Thanks
Unique cid (Client ID) is created when you run your app after installation and all the data that Google Analytics collects is linked with it. When you reinstall app, new CID is created.
So, after reinstalling an app GA would count you as new user.
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I have an old AppEngine project which is mapped to my domain. I recently transferred this domain to Google Domains.
I created a new AppEngine project which I now want to map to my domain instead of the old project. When I attempt to do so I get the error "my-domain-name is already mapped to a project." That makes sense.
However, when I attempt to delete the mapping from my old project (console.cloud.google.com/appengine/settings/domains?project=my-old-project-name) I get an error:
"Error
Sorry, there’s a problem. If you entered information, check it and try again. Otherwise, the problem might clear up on its own, so check back later.
Tracking Number: xxxxxxx
Send feedback
"
I've tried this several times so this is for sure not clearing up on its own. (I've also tried sending feedback but not gotten any reply)
Any idea on how I can move the mapping from my old AppEngine project to the new AppEngine project?
I am developing a Line-of-Business app for a client. The client specified the devices that were supposed to be used (some Dell tablet with Windows 8.1). Now, that the development is almost done and we were ready to release the first phase of the application, the client informed us that they have changed their mind and all those Dell tablets will run windows 10. I upgraded one tablet that I used for development and testing to Windows 10 as well. The tablet uses a RESTful Web API to access data stored in a repository. Obviously, the URL of the Web API must be configured in the settings of the app before the app can retrieve any data from the repository.
So I create the App Package to sideload the app on the tablet. The installation works properly, the app starts well for the first time. I go into the settings, set the URL and close the app.
When I try to restart, the app gets stuck showing the Splash Screen. If I try to access the Settings, I am informed that the settings for my app are not available at that time. The only way to get out of this is to uninstall the app and reinstall it again.
This is the code I use to save and retrieve the settings:
public void SaveSetting<T>(string settingName, T value)
{
ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings.Values[settingName] = value;
}
public T GetSetting<T>(string settingName)
{
var localSettings = ApplicationData.Current.LocalSettings.Values;
if (localSettings.ContainsKey(settingName))
{
var value = localSettings[settingName];
if (value is T)
{
return (T)value;
}
}
// else, in all other cases
return default(T);
}
An interesting thing I noticed is that sometimes, depending on what I try to save in the settings, the app starts. For example, I was playing with it and tried to save some garbage instead of the correct URL. So instead of "http://x.x.x.x:nnnnn" I saved "a". The app started correctly, I got past the splash screen but obviously, I couldn't get any data.
Any ideas as to what exactly is happening? Did the access method for local settings change in Windows 10?
I have been scratching my head over this for the past couple of days. Initially, I thought it is a matter of permissions to create the Local Settings file, so I dedicated a lot of energy trying to find a solution from that perspective. However, as I said, if I dump some garbage in the settings, it works, so it's not a matter of permissions. Could it be that and IP address like "x.x.x.x" needs to be saved in a different way than as a string?
Any advice would be highly appreciated.
TIA,
Eddie
After I added some logging to my application I was able to prove that the app had no issues reading the settings. It's what it tried to do with them that it did not work. The URL read from the settings was correct but when the app tried to make calls to the Web API, the calls threw an exception and the app stopped working. So this shouldn't have been a question in the first place.
Thanks, Eddie
I am code signing a Mac app using my Developer ID certificate so we can send it to beta testers. Thanks to helpful articles here I made sure I have the right certificate and private key. (This is a new app id) When I select Developer ID and Archive, I select to distribute with Developer ID and it validates all the checks successfully (Using Xcode 6.1) and creates my app file. When I launch it I crash with this in console (another great tip found here to check console for the REAL error):
killed com.[appname.OSX][pid 5946] because its use of the com.apple.developer.maps entitlement is not allowed (error code -67050)
11/7/14 11:26:23.263 com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.VIPorbit.OSX.192016[5946]) Binary is improperly signed.
So, I know the docs say you cannot distribute an app with Maps outside of the MacApp Store, but I assume this mean selling Mac apps as is often done. We are using the Mac App Store all the way. Also I can successfully archive and submit to the Mac App Store and we're in review.
The challenge is we want to get this out to some beta folks and Maps is a key feature we've added. I really don't want to go the old route with getting this Mac info and adding it to the provisioning file, defeats the purpose of the Developer ID option.
Anyone else experience this?
You can't distribute an application utilizing MapKit with a Developer ID.
MapKit is an Mac App Store-only feature.
It's a shame that this is not clear from the documentation.
If you want to test the app before the Mac App Store submission, I am afraid you have to add beta-testers' machines to the provisioning profile and sign the bundle with a "Mac Developer: ..." code signing identity.
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I'm trying to build a one off webapp that will communicate with our business QuickBooks Online account. Most of the research I've found says for development and testing, use the "desktop" way of connecting (to avoid cert headaches). So I've registered an app and got the id from here:
appreg.intuit.com/
The problem is, everywhere I've seen tell me then to go here to get a connection ticket
login.ptc.quickbooks.com/j/qbn/sdkapp/confirm?serviceid=2004&appid=YOUR-APPLICATION-ID-HERE
When I do that however, it redirects me to here
qbo.intuit.com/c1/v60.147/0/login?redirect=true
I mucked around with and finally find some way to access the "old" quick books stuff, when i went to setup a test company it sent me here
ptc.qbo.intuit.com/c1/v0/offline.shtml
which tells me
"The QBO PTC environment is no longer available, and was replaced by the new E2E environment. Please go to https://e2e.qbo.intuit.com/ going forward. We are very sorry for any inconvenience and confusion. If you have questions, please reach out to Eric Bullen"
How can I get a connection to a test account to do some development?
How can I get a connection to a test account to do some development?
Unless you're an Intuit employee, you can't get a test account.
With that said, you don't need to.
Just use your live QuickBooks Online account. You can sign up on their website to get a 30-day free trial if you need to.
When you register at https://appreg.intuit.com new link - http://developer.intuit.com/Application/Create/QBOE, make sure you register in DESKTOP mode, for the PRODUCTION environment.
Then use the production URL to get your connection ticket:
https://login.quickbooks.com/j/qbn/sdkapp/confirm?appid=YOUR-APPLICATION-ID-HERE&serviceid=2004&appdata=1
(substitute in your application ID that you get back from appreg)
More info and examples on our QuickBooks integration wiki.
I am developing a web app that will be hit frequently by mobile browsers. I am wondering if there is a way to get enough information from the browser request to lookup position data (triangulation or GPS) Not from the request directly, of course. A colleague suggested there some carriers supply a unique identifier in the request header that can be sent to a web service exposed by said provider that will return position data if the customer has enabled that. Can anyone point me in the right direction for this or any other method for gleaning position data, even very approximate. Obviously this is app candy, e.g. if the data is not available the app doesn't really care...
Or perhaps a web service by carrier that will provide triangulated data by IP?
Google has ClientLocation as part of their AJAX APIs. You'll need to load Google's AJAX API (requires an API key) and it'll try to resolve the user's location data for you.
I've got blackberry gps to javascript working OK in a GMaps mashup. Pretty simple, actually. http://www.saefern.org/tickets/test4.php -- help yrself to view source.
(I don't currently have a bb. A user emailed me with "... it seems to be polling every 15 seconds or so, so it keeps adding new locations ... ".)
I'm looking for javascript gps info on an iPhone equivalent. And Nokia, and ... .
Any information appreciated.
I have used this javascript library sucessfully:
http://code.google.com/p/geo-location-javascript/
The examples work great. The user will always be prompted to share their location--don't know a way to avoid that.
Use the source IP address to approximate a network location. No, you won't get latitude and longitude in an HTTP request from an iPhone. Not unless you write a 3rd party app and ask them to run it.
You might be better off just running a poll on your website.
I know that some providers in Japan have a tracking service for location of cellphones.
I also know that the information is not public. I think you need to have a very good reason before the provider gives that information free as it is in my opinion sensitive personal data. Of course they will give the information to police officers but not to the general public.