Calling getPeople().identify in Android

[tbjers]

MixPanel's Android library requires a call to getPeople().identify() in order to work correctly with user profiles, otherwise they simply get stuck in the user's sharedPrefs and never make it to Mixpanel.

I do not know how to actually compile the Android module since the project's configuration seems to be a bit borked, ant gives me errors, and I wasn't able to compile in Titanium Studio either. Can you maybe do that last bit and add an updated version?

[jonatansberg]

Good catch!

I'm a bit concerned about what will happen if you call getPeople().identify() though, when you do not intend to use the mixpanel people features.. I.e. that you'll need to pay for a people plan, even if you do not use those features. But maybe thats a non-issue?

To build the module for Android you'll need to set up a .classpath-file. Take a look at .classpath.example for an idea of what goes where. You might need to update the version numbers and paths a bit to match changes to the repository and your local environment.

[tbjers]

Thanks!

The iOS library apparently bakes the regular identify and the people identify call together already. I am unsure why their Android SDK doesn't do the same thing. You won't need to pay for a people plan as long as you are not setting/updating people profile data.

I will give compiling this a whirl and hopefully have something ready today. I just haven't done much Java compiling in the last decade...

[tbjers]

I have compiled and added android version 0.8 of TiMixpanel. Confirmed that people now make it into Mixpanel when setting profiles.

[joeatwork]

@mrlundis You'll only create people profiles (and thus only be charged for people records) if you call getPeople().set() or otherwise edit the record you've identified for.

[jonatansberg]

Sweet! Thank you @tbjers and @joeatwork!