Analytics for Adobe AIR applications | App Analytics

We have just passed the 6 Million item mark. Yes that means App Analtics now actively tracking more than 6 million items around the world and that number is still growing fast.

I would just like to take time out to say thanks to all those who have helped get us to this point as with out your feedback and support we would have been able to grow to this point.

Thank you.

Hi all we have posted a possible release candidate on our bleeding edge servers for you all to have a play with. There were a lot of behind the scenes changes but one feature that you will be able to see is the new spark graphs on the overview page.

This should help you make more sense of what the overview numbers and litterly at a galnce get a feel for what is happeing with your applicaion.

Enjoy.

We have just released the ability for admins to add multiple users to an account. This is the  biggest functionally change since the complete recode of the core and we couldn’t be happier.

What does all this mean?

Adding the ability for multiple users allows each person on the team to have their own account instead of using and sharing one set of details.

Another feature of the new multiple persons on one accounts is the ability to assign a “User” or an “Administrator” role to a person. A “user” is person who can read all the information but is unable to add, edit or delete things. For example you may want to give access to a client but dont want them to accidentally delete anything the user role is perfect for them. An “Administrator” has free reign in the account.

How do I add new users to my account?

After selecting an account from the account list you will notice the top right menu  now has a  link called “Account Settings”.

In the “Account Setting” page you have will see that we have added a users panel. To add a new users just click the “Add Person to Account” link in the bottom of the panel and then just follow the steps. Simplez

We have just released the latest stable version of the App Analytics classes to be used in your AIR Applications.

Fixes

• Unique application miss track fixed
• App Analytics connection poll now set to every 30 seconds
• Very rare install initialization issue fixed
• Clear debug messages added for debug mode

Enjoy and if you have any issues please let us know in the support forum.

Thanks

Hi, I have just completed my first screencast.

I go though the process setting up App Analtyics in an AIR application. It literally only takes a few minutes to be tracking real analytics from your AIR application to App Analtyics.

Thanks Paul

Custom content types are supported by App Analytics… WOOT!

We here at App Analytics understand that no application is the same, so we are making App Analytics as flexible as possible. And that means you now create you own tracking types. We even create a short cut in the content area so you can get direct access to data.

What is a custom type?

A custom type is something specific to your application that you would like information on, like user preferences, selected options and anything else you wan to know. For example you might have a twitter application and you want to see how many tweets are being sent. Just add a custom type ‘tweetsent’ in the App Analytics web interface and every time a successfully tweet is sent in your AS3 code track your custom type “tweetsent”. You will now be able to see how many tweets you are sending. You can make any type you want and track it into our system.

Find out how to add a custom type to your application.

As you may have seen on our support forums there heave been a few bugs found in App Analytics. A big thanks to finding most of these goes out to Brady White from http://www.notesync.com/, which by the way is a sweet App that you should take a look at.

From these errors that cropped we had to tweek the App Analytics swc to solve most of these bugs.

So as of now there is a new release candidate SWC in the downloads test section of the web interface. This shouldn’t go into live projects just yet. But please do use it in your test projects.

SWC Fix Details:

• Unique application miss track fixed
• App Analytics connection poll now set to every 30 second
• Very rare install initialization issue fixed
• Clear debug messages added for debug mode.

Also while I have you I might as well remind you of some of the major the features under development.

• People Management
  We are adding the ability to add your team to an account. This will allow you to collaborate more as a team instead of sharing the same details. Also there will be user privileges so you can control who can do what.
• Custom Types
  We here at App Analytics understand that no application is the same so we want to make App Analytics as flexible as possible. So we are going to allow you to create as many custom tracking types as you heart desires. We even going to create a short cut in the content area so you can get direct access to data.
• Geo Location
  Give you the ability to find out where in the world your application is being used. App Analytics currently tracking all that information it just inst visualized yet. So when it is up and running you will be able to see all the way back to when your app was first tracked by App Analytics.
  We think this will be of huge value to you for example you may find out from App Analytics that your application was used more in France than any where else, it would make sence to release a French language pack for  your app. This is information that has been previously unavailable  you that could make a huge impact.

Yes it has been a long time coming and we thank you for all you support along the way. But the day is finally here. We are still rolling out improvements and still have some more coming in the next few days. But we a excited to announce effective immediately App Analytics  is in open beta.

Press Release:

For Immediate Release:  App Analytics announces the open beta release of App Analytics
Location: http://www.appanalyticshq.com/
Date: 28^th April 2010

App Analytics is the leading native Adobe AIR tracking & reporting solution for applications developed using Adobe’s AIR Development platform. With it’s simple integration, clean interface & powerfully rich insights App Analytics is now moving from closed Alpha testing into Open Beta testing.

App Analytics has been in invite only testing by over 200 top Adobe AIR developers, the move to an open beta allows anyone to register and begin to use App Analytics to monitor the usage of their Adobe AIR application. Closed testing of App Analytics over the past 6 months has seen the solution mature from a simple idea to a scalable robust solution tracking over 5 million items. Paul Sanderson, founder of App Analytics, said “We have learned a lot from the initial launch of App Analytics. We have steadily tired to improve App Analytics with the help of our users, we are very proud of the result” he also went onto say “unlike other analytics systems out there App Analytics has been built from the ground up with application tracking specifically in mind. So there features and reports in App Analytics that you cant get from a web analytics package”

Born out of frustration at the lack of reliable, robust tracking options for Adobe AIR applications, App Analytics is developed by a team of developers and product managers, for developers and product managers. This means all features of App Analytics are simple, quick and allow users to quickly and easily implement and start reporting on their Adobe AIR applications. “When we were developing App Analytics we asked ourselves what we wanted for our own AIR applications, what do we want to know about the App & the users interactions. The process then is very simple, if we wanted or needed it we built it into App Analytics”.

Adhering to an agile and rapid development methodology, App Analytics will continue to mature as more users interact with App Analytics, as requirements grow, the development team will continue to refine, polish and push the boundaries of Adobe AIR tracking and measuring.  Beta users can expect to see new features rolled out on a regular basis.

To learn more about App Analytics, visit http://www.appanalyticshq.com/

Adobe AIR is a registered trademark of the Adobe Corporation. App Analytics are in no way related or connected to the Adobe Corporation.

With all the changes going on around here the main site was feeling a bit neglected, so finally it got a refresh.

If your reading this you will be looking at our new theme.

That’s all…. as you were.

We have just deployed some wicked functionality that will allow you to look deeper into your tracked “action” items.

In the “Content” section in the left hand nav, you can now click on a specific action and then apply filters on it such as OS, date, app version and many more, you can even apply a double filter to an action, such as by “app version” and “OS” for example.

We feel this level of detail and functionality will allow you to gain valuable never seen before insights into what and how users are interacting with your application.

We are excited about the possibilities of this new feature and what valuable information it can provide you guys, we hope you are stoked to.