I would try to help who, like me, fails to make install_referrer work and who don’t find ANY useful information about these features.
Notes:
- The intent
com.android.vending.INSTALL_REFERRER
will be caught
during the install process, not when the application starts for the
first time. - The referrer …
extras.getString("referrer")
.. is fixed but the contents can be any string value that respect the http get syntax …referrer=thatsthevalue&thisisnot=xxx
The above code is okay, just some explanations to complete the info:
- Android Manifest. The
<receiver>
tags must be inside the
<application>
tags. - The correct url to link the market is not the results of the famous google forms in sdk
but this one
Obviously, you need to follow the link from the mobile device and the only way for a complete test is to publish a test application in the market.
And a final and personal note.
I don’t understand why those info are omitted completely and i hope that Google will act for detailing it.