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Haxe & Google Flash Analytics

Start downloading google_analytics_flash_haxe_demo.zip and read on for details (or see the included readme)

Instructions for compiling:

1. unzip the package
2. edit Main.hx and replace your google analytics code
3. swfmill simple res.xml library.swf
4. haxe build.hxml
5. flashplayer_dbg test.swf (don't forget allowscriptaccess=always when embedding the swf on a website)

Details:

• I downloaded the compiled AnalyticsLibrary AS3 lib
• after unzipping analytics.swc (swc is zip with different extension), I renamed the extracted library.swf to ga.swf
• generated hxclasses with haxe, fixed XML import in two generated header files
• in the swfmill resource xml, I included the ga.swf on the first frame (note: this may do the trick for other libraries as well, not just ga-flash)
• the demo code is based on the demo code found @ http://code.google.com/apis/analytics/docs/flashTrackingIntro.html

Comments

Comment by [ron], (URL) on 09.04.16. 16:37
Unfortunately it seems that this technique cannot be used to track live events in a game for example, because each single analytics request is instantly sent, and results in a well noticable lag in the game.

Comment by Tarwin, () (URL) on 09.08.04. 09:36
Sweet! Thanks for that.

I did things a little differently.

• Copied the intrinsics you made for haXe to my src folder


• Added the SWC to the “Library path” (CS4 only, Publish Settings->Flash->ActionScript 3.0->Settings).


• Added “import com.google.analytics.GATracker;” and “com.google.analytics.GATracker;” to the timeline to make sure that the classes were compiled.

• Used the SWF as a library ie “-swf-lib FLASH/lib.swf” (added in FlashDevelop Project->Properties->Compiler Options->Additional Compiler Options)

Comment by [ron], (URL) on 09.08.04. 18:26
Nice! Having the Flash IDE helps in this case :)

Comment by Cristi Baluta, () (URL) on 09.12.13. 06:05
for me the additional 98k added to the file is a disaster, i’m trying to port only the basic functionality directly to haxe but it’s hard to understand what they have done there.