Not able to set custom dimensions in a google analytics property for android app

Question

Please find the tracking code below,

GoogleAnalytics analytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(this);
Tracker t = analytics.newTracker(MY_PROPERTY_ID);
t.send(new HitBuilders.AppViewBuilder().setCustomDimension(1, "testing custom dimension").build());

The above code is added to a click listener for an element in the UI.

Index 1 in setCustomDimension refers to a dimension named "test" in my property settings, which is the only dimension I have for that property.

The screen view session is getting tracked in 'App Overview', but is not added to the report for my custom dimension.

I created a custom report using customization tab.

But still I am not getting any data for the custom dimension,

I have checked the report after a day and even after running many times. I am using android studio and no errors/warnings are thrown in logcat.

Please help me to resolve this problem. And it would be helpful if you can suggest any clean documentation/blog with sample codes for tracking advanced metrics for an android app through google analytics.

Thanks in advance :).

Answer 1

I have the same problem, it seems there is a known issue in the SDK: https://code.google.com/p/analytics-issues/issues/detail?id=435 .

You have to set a screen name before sending the custom dimension to the tracker:

t.setScreenName("Home Screen");
t.send(new HitBuilders.AppViewBuilder().setCustomDimension(1, "testing custom dimension").build());