[TIMOB-14060] Parity: Backgrounding the app on Android does not send ti.end event

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	High
Status	Closed
Resolution	Fixed
Resolution Date	2013-06-03T22:32:50.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	Release 3.1.1, Release 3.2.0
Components	Android
Labels	analytics, qe-3.1.1, qe-closed-3.1.1, qe-testadded
Reporter	Mukesh Gadiya
Assignee	Ping Wang
Created	2013-05-31T02:38:01.000+0000
Updated	2014-03-13T00:21:05.000+0000

Description

1. In iOS, when app is closed/backgrounded and then brought back to foreground, sends ti.end and ti.start events indicating 1st session end and 2nd session begin respectively. For example: Event INFO :[{"id":"5225C0FF-D387-440C-9DA2-93737A3D2387","mid":"12DA5FD3-F582-4AF6-9E21-FB14AA8F102F","rdu":null,"type":"ti.foreground","aguid":"d8504b70-8106-4423-b35a-128a56fb30db","event":"ti.foreground","seq":11,"ver":"2","deploytype":"test","sid":"51AAB984-DBB2-4502-9ECE-6C2474380A7A","ts":"2013-05-31T01:11:06.038+0000","data":{"tz":-420,"os":"iphone","nettype":"WIFI","deploytype":"test","app_version":"1.0","osver":"5.0.1","version":"3.1.1","platform":"iphone","model":"iPhone4,1"}},{"id":"AAF8B7B7-E312-4E55-A942-2F0CE89AC6BF","mid":"12DA5FD3-F582-4AF6-9E21-FB14AA8F102F","rdu":null,"type":"ti.background","aguid":"d8504b70-8106-4423-b35a-128a56fb30db","event":"ti.background","seq":12,"ver":"2","deploytype":"test","sid":"51AAB984-DBB2-4502-9ECE-6C2474380A7A","ts":"2013-05-31T01:11:06.785+0000","data":null}] 2. On Android, backgrounding the app - either by pressing home button or by killing the the app from settings->app->force stop - does not send ti.end event to analytics. It is only sent when back button is pressed to get out of the app From end user's perspective, getting out of the app is equivalent to ending the session in the app, so it makes sense to send ti.end event just like it is done on iOS.

Attachments

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activity_lifecycle.png	2013-05-31T22:24:24.000+0000	93721

Comments

Matt Langston 2013-05-31

Relevant info: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2373 (Activity stack behaves incorrectly during the first run of an app when started from Eclipse)
Matt Langston 2013-05-31

Android Activity Lifecycle and where Titanium analytics fits in: !activity_lifecycle.png!
Ping Wang 2013-06-01

PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/4345
Ping Wang 2013-06-01

3_1_X PR: https://github.com/appcelerator/titanium_mobile/pull/4346
Sabil Rahim 2013-06-03

Testing various cases.

Olga Romero 2013-06-14

Appcelerator Studio, build: 3.1.1.201306131423 3.1.1.v20130613185544 Device: Nexus7 Android version 4.2

   {"city":"Mountain View","region_code":"CA","country_code":"US","country_name":"United States","postal_code":"94043","latitude":37.419200897217,"longitude":-122.05740356445,"area_code":650,"continent_code":"NA","ip_address":"38.110.144.252","region_name":"California","id":"a5a501ad-af49-4187-972e-6d8d7f15398e:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:51:05.043+0000","event":"ti.enroll","data":{"platform":"android","osarch":"ARMv7 Processor rev 9 (v7l)","model":"Nexus 7","mac_addr":"10:bf:48:c1:40:e3","previous_mid":"","oscpu":4,"ostype":"32bit","deploytype":"test","app_id":"com.appcelerator.timob14060","app_name":"timob14060"},"seq":1,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"ti.enroll","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"city":"Mountain View","region_code":"CA","country_code":"US","country_name":"United States","postal_code":"94043","latitude":37.419200897217,"longitude":-122.05740356445,"area_code":650,"continent_code":"NA","ip_address":"38.110.144.252","region_name":"California","id":"daa8fa09-cc8d-49bb-ba16-cb61f09bb9d4:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:51:05.398+0000","event":"ti.start","data":{"platform":"android","os":"Android","model":"Nexus 7","tz":-480,"nettype":"WIFI","deploytype":"test","app_version":"1.0","osver":"4.2","version":"3.1.1"},"seq":2,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"ti.start","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   
   
   {"id":"28a4b2b3-78a6-469d-ae2b-c45870b910a7:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:04.696+0000","event":"ti.end","data":{"value":""},"seq":3,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"ti.end","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"city":"Mountain View","region_code":"CA","country_code":"US","country_name":"United States","postal_code":"94043","latitude":37.419200897217,"longitude":-122.05740356445,"area_code":650,"continent_code":"NA","ip_address":"38.110.144.252","region_name":"California","id":"436134d8-a473-4024-ab86-282c954517f9:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:17.000+0000","event":"ti.start","data":{"platform":"android","os":"Android","model":"Nexus 7","tz":-480,"nettype":"WIFI","deploytype":"test","app_version":"1.0","osver":"4.2","version":"3.1.1"},"seq":4,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"ti.start","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"id":"37106c4c-6094-4ee5-902e-bedd657684c1:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:29.431+0000","event":"featureEvent.testButton","data":{"value":""},"seq":5,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"app.feature","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"id":"a70852ad-c8a3-4f9c-9d87-582b99eb2c80:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:32.005+0000","event":"navEvent.testButton","data":{"to":"there","data":null,"event":"navEvent.testButton","from":"here"},"seq":6,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"app.nav","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"id":"518ddaf0-df4e-4d37-97c4-ff9e06aed865:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:32.946+0000","event":"settingsEvent.testButton","data":{"value":""},"seq":7,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"app.settings","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"id":"8b1c55e8-d2d8-4cbc-80af-1a8a9558035c:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:34.147+0000","event":"timedEvent.testButton","data":{"data":null,"stop":1371243065155,"duration":88990,"start":1371243065155,"event":"timedEvent.testButton"},"seq":8,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"app.timed","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"id":"6d1b2e4d-903a-4a66-8255-8196aef1ec04:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:35.191+0000","event":"userEvent.testButton","data":{"value":""},"seq":9,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"app.user","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}
   {"id":"383e59be-e4eb-4f59-87d6-0d431abdd35b:101dee4a8a8f9400","sid":"0d819e1c-e4e7-4588-b01c-f6ccd7ac8a04","ts":"2013-06-14T20:52:39.271+0000","event":"ti.end","data":{"value":""},"seq":10,"mid":"101dee4a8a8f9400","ver":"2","type":"ti.end","aguid":"65374a5b-3b71-4756-8023-1d14ca5cdefa"}

Background and arrow back result in ti.end being sent Closing.

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