CleverTap Cordova Plugin

Supported Versions

Tested on Cordova 5.3.3

• CleverTap Android SDK version 2.0.9
• CleverTap iOS SDK version 2.0.9, Xcode 7 only

Install

Using Cordova

cordova plugin add https://github.com/CleverTap/clevertap-cordova.git

Using Ionic

ionic plugin add https://github.com/CleverTap/clevertap-cordova.git

Integration

To integrate CleverTap for Cordova:

1. Sign up

2. Set up and register for Push notifications, if required.

3. Integrate your Javascript with the CleverTap Plugin.

1. Sign up

Sign up for a free account.

When you create your CleverTap account, you will also automatically get a -Test account. Use the -Test account for development and the main account for production.

iOS

Update your .plist file:

• Create a key called CleverTapAccountID with a string value
• Create a key called CleverTapToken with a string value
• Insert the values from your CleverTap Dashboard -> Settings -> Integration Details.

Android

Add the following inside the <application></application> tags of your AndroidManifest.xml:

<meta-data  
    android:name="CLEVERTAP_ACCOUNT_ID"  
    android:value="Your CleverTap Account ID"/>  
<meta-data  
    android:name="CLEVERTAP_TOKEN"  
    android:value="Your CleverTap Account Token"/>

Replace "Your CleverTap Account ID" and "Your CleverTap Account Token" with actual values from your CleverTap Dashboard -> Settings -> Integration -> Account ID, SDK's.

Set the Lifecycle Callback

IMPORTANT!

Add the android:name property to the <application> tag of our AndroidManifest.xml:

<application
    android:name="com.clevertap.android.sdk.Application">

Note: The above step is extremely important and enables CleverTap to track notification opens, display in-app notifications, track deep links, and other important user behaviour.

Add Permissions

Please ensure that you're requesting the following permissions for your app:

<!-- Required to retrieve a unique identifier for the device, see note below -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE"/>
<!-- Required to allow the app to send events -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<!-- Recommended so that we can be smart about when to send the data -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE"/>
<!-- Recommended so that we can get the user's primary e-mail address -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.GET_ACCOUNTS"/>
<!-- Recommended so that we can get the user's location -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION"/>
<!-- Recommended -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

Please see the example AndroidManifest.xml here.

Add Dependencies

Make sure Google Play Services and Android v4 support library, minimum revision 23.1.1 are added as dependencies in your project.

Add an extra line to YOUR_PROJECT/platforms/android/project.properties: cordova.system.library.1=com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0

Make sure your build.gradle file includes the play-services and support library dependencies:

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: '*.jar'  )
    // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES START  
    debugCompile project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "debug")  
    releaseCompile project(path: "CordovaLib", configuration: "release")  
    compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services:8.3.0'
    compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:23.1.1'
    // SUB-PROJECT DEPENDENCIES END   

2. Set up and register for push notifications

iOS

Follow Steps 1 and 2 in these instructions to set up push notifications for your app.

If you plan on including deep links in your push notifications, please register your custom url scheme as described here.

Afterwards, call the following from your Javascript.

CleverTap.registerPush();

To register the user push token please replace the default Cordova behavior in the AppDelegate.m in the application:(UIApplication*)application didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken:(NSData*)deviceToken as follows:

// replace default Cordova token handling; send raw token to CleverTap Plugin directly

CleverTapPlugin *CleverTap = [self.viewController getCommandInstance:@"CleverTapPlugin"];
[CleverTap setPushToken:deviceToken];

/*
// re-post ( broadcast )
NSString* token = [[[[deviceToken description]
    stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"<" withString:@""]
    stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@">" withString:@""]
    stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@" " withString:@""];
[[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:CDVRemoteNotification object:token];
*/

To handle deep links contained in push notifications, you can pass the deep link url to your javascript by firing a custom document event from your AppDelegate application:openURL:sourceApplication: method. See the example below:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication*)application openURL:(NSURL*)url sourceApplication:(NSString*)sourceApplication annotation:(id)annotation
{
    if (!url) {
        return NO;
    }

    // all plugins will get the notification, and their handlers will be called
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotification:[NSNotification notificationWithName:CDVPluginHandleOpenURLNotification object:url]];
    
    // example Deep Link Handling
    NSString *scheme = [url scheme];
    if([scheme isEqualToString:@"<your custom url scheme>"]) {
        NSString *js = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"cordova.fireDocumentEvent('onDeepLink', {'deeplink':'%@'});", url.description];
        [self.viewController.commandDelegate evalJs:js];
    }

    return YES;
}

See the included example Starter Cordova project.

Android

Follow these instructions to set up push notifications for your app.

To handle deep links contained in push notifications, you can pass the deep link url to your javascript by firing a custom document event from your MainActivity. See the example below:

Add the required intent filter to your MainActivity tag in AndroidManifest.xml:

<!-- Example Deep Link Handling, substitute your deeplink scheme for clevertapstarter -->
        <intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name">
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <data android:scheme="clevertapstarter" />
        </intent-filter>

Handle the intent in your MainActivity.java:

// example deeplink handling
@Override
public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {

    super.onNewIntent(intent);

    if (intent.getAction().equals(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)) {
        Uri data = intent.getData();
        if (data != null) {
            final String json = "{'deeplink':'"+data.toString()+"'}";
            loadUrl("javascript:cordova.fireDocumentEvent('onDeepLink'," + json + ");");
        }
    }
}
 

3. Integrate Javascript with the Plugin

After integrating, all calls to the CleverTap SDK should be made from your Javascript.

Start by adding the following listeners to your Javascript:

document.addEventListener('deviceready', this.onDeviceReady, false);
document.addEventListener('onCleverTapProfileSync', this.onCleverTapProfileSync, false); // optional: to be notified of CleverTap user profile synchronization updates 
document.addEventListener('onDeepLink', this.onDeepLink, false); // example: optional, register your own custom listener to handle deep links passed from your native code.

Then:

• see the included iOS Starter Cordova project for example usage.

• see the included Android Starter Cordova project for example usage.