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Tracking App Open Events in React Native with Mixpanel

Avatar of Miguel F.Miguel F.
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Hi! Using mixpanel on a mobile app, how would you track the event of opening the app regardless of the app state which is it triggered using the react native package?

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    kapa.ai
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    To track the event of opening a mobile app using Mixpanel with React Native, regardless of the app state, you can use the track() method provided by the Mixpanel React Native SDK. Here's how you can do it:LBKS// Import Mixpanel API import { Mixpanel } from 'mixpanel-react-native';LBKS// Initialize Mixpanel (place this in your app's entry point) const trackAutomaticEvents = false; const mixpanel = new Mixpanel('YOUR_PROJECT_TOKEN', trackAutomaticEvents); mixpanel.init();LBKS// Track app open event mixpanel.track('App Opened');LBKSYou should place the track() call in a location that will be executed every time the app is opened or brought to the foreground. In React Native, you can use the AppState API to detect when the app becomes active.However, it's important to note that Mixpanel's React Native SDK doesn't automatically track app opens as part of its legacy automatically tracked events. You'll need to implement this tracking manually.Keep in mind that events may take 1-2 minutes to appear in Mixpanel because the mobile SDKs buffer events for 1 minute or when the app transitions to the background to conserve battery life and bandwidth. You can call .flush() to manually flush events to Mixpanel if you need them to appear immediately.For more detailed information on tracking events with Mixpanel in React Native, you can refer to the Mixpanel SDKs: React Native documentation.

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