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iOS and Android Campaign Measurement for App installs

Android: Google Play Campaign Measurement

Google Play Campaign Measurement is a feature of Google Mobile App Analytics that enables the attribution of native Android app installs to advertising campaigns and other marketing efforts in your Google Analytics app reports. Verifying that your Google Play Campaign Measurement implementatin is working properly before the application is submitted to Google Play ensures that campaign measurement data is as accurate as possible at the time of launch.

This guide will illustrate one means of testing a Google Play Campaign Measurement implementation.


iOS: Cookie Tracking / Browser Identification

For iOS no such standard way exists. The main workarounds involve the setting of a cookie in the ad and then opening a WebView with the ad again after install - alternate identify the device by the informations the browser publishes (IP, accept-encoding, ...).
There are some rumors Apple would reject apps for cookie tracking...

Apple provides an Identifier for Vendor (same among same apps installed on device) and an Identifier for Advertisement, but both are available In-App only.

The main methods:
  • Device Fingerprinting
  • UDID (Deprecated)
  • OpenUDID/Copy-and-Pasteboard
  • MAC Address (Deprecated)
  • ODIN
  • Cookie Tracking
  • TRUSTed Mobile Ads
  • Apple Advertising Identifier and Identifier for Vendor
  • Android Referrer (see above)

Apple ID APIs

  • UDID
    • Deprecated
  • Application ID
    • Scope: App
    • Lifetime: Uninstall app
    • Backed up: Yes
    • Restores across devices: Yes
  • Vendor ID
    • Scope: Developer
    • Lifetime: Uninstall developer's apps
    • Backed up: Yes
    • Restores across devices: No
  • Advertising ID
    • Scope: Device
    • Lifetime: Erase all Content and Settings
    • Backed up: Yes
    • Restores across devices: No

Pros & Cons of the Top Mobile App Tracking Methods with a nice overview of the main methods

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