Android INSTALL_REFERRER not working on Ice cream sandwhich and up

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Name of related library and version, if applicable (e.g. Android, iOS,
Snippets, etc.): Android

Issue summary:
Referrer tracking is not working anymore for devices that run SDK 15 (Ice cream 
sandwhich) and up.

Steps to reproduce issue:
1. Send a user on a device with SDK level 15 or 16 to the android market with a 
referrer enabled URL, for instance 
market://details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.detector&referrer=utm_source%3D
test%26utm_medium%3Dweb%26utm_campaign%3Dtest_web
2. User installs & runs app
3. Referrer string never arrives in analytics

Expected output:
What do you expect to see after performing the above steps?
The proper referrer being recorded

Actual results:
What do you actually see after performing the above steps?
No referrer data.

Probably related bug report on Android: 
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=19247

Original issue reported on code.google.com by math...@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2012 at 4:40

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Sorry, let me be more specific.
I forgot to mention that I'm only interested in the "New Users" advanced 
segment. Those generally don't have a referrer set anymore for SDK 15 and up. 
Does it come too late?

Original comment by math...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2012 at 2:17

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Original comment by awa...@google.com on 7 Nov 2013 at 9:35

• Changed state: Fixed