Defold Integration for GameAnalytics (DEF-3024)

totebo · June 8, 2021, 11:54am

Is Ad Events part of the Defold API? I can’t seem to find it in the documentation. If not, is there a plan to add it?

gameanalytics · June 9, 2021, 9:03am

There is documentation on how to use ad events with GameAnalytics Defold SDK here: Knowledge Base

But yeah you need to able to send the event from ad callback function from the ad SDKs like onAdDisplayed() or something like that for it to work properly.

totebo · June 9, 2021, 9:26am

Thanks, I must have missed that in the documentation before. Great stuff!

totebo · April 23, 2024, 9:37am

I’ve dusted off the GameAnalytics extension to be used in a web game. When building inside the editor ( ⌘B) there is a build error. This happens in my project as well as in a blank project with just the extension dependency.

As a side note, I’m using the generic link to the extension, since the project itself doesn’t have any builds (only tags):

Any idea what’s going on here?

build_errors.txt (44.8 KB)
minimal_project.zip (1.2 KB)

AGulev · April 23, 2024, 10:20am

The extension should be updated to support arm64 macs, but it’s up to @gameanalytics
Here is a ticket you can ask for it `arm64-osx` support · Issue #40 · GameAnalytics/GA-SDK-DEFOLD · GitHub

For now, you can use this fork GitHub - AGulev/GA-SDK-DEFOLD: Repository for GameAnalytics Defold SDK where macos support fully removed from the extension + fixes for Defold 1.8.0

totebo · April 23, 2024, 12:39pm

Thanks for that, that’s a fast response!

Using the fork solves the build issue! When I bundle to html5 I now get a new issue, any idea why? This happens on the minimal project I posted above too.

com.samskivert.mustache.MustacheException$Context: No method or field with name 'env' on line 1
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.checkForMissing(Template.java:344)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.getValue(Template.java:247)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.getCompoundValue(Template.java:260)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.getValue(Template.java:244)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.getValueOrDefault(Template.java:292)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Mustache$VariableSegment.execute(Mustache.java:872)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.executeSegs(Template.java:170)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.execute(Template.java:137)
	at com.samskivert.mustache.Template.execute(Template.java:128)
	at com.defold.extender.TemplateExecutor.execute(TemplateExecutor.java:19)
	at com.defold.extender.Extender.<init>(Extender.java:261)
	at com.defold.extender.Extender.<init>(Extender.java:290)
	at com.defold.extender.AsyncBuilder.asyncBuildEngine(AsyncBuilder.java:100)
	at com.defold.extender.AsyncBuilder$$FastClassBySpringCGLIB$$3a887347.invoke(<generated>)
	at org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy.invoke(MethodProxy.java:218)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$CglibMethodInvocation.invokeJoinpoint(CglibAopProxy.java:783)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ReflectiveMethodInvocation.proceed(ReflectiveMethodInvocation.java:163)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.CglibAopProxy$CglibMethodInvocation.proceed(CglibAopProxy.java:753)
	at org.springframework.aop.interceptor.AsyncExecutionInterceptor.lambda$invoke$0(AsyncExecutionInterceptor.java:115)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1136)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:635)
	at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)

AGulev · April 23, 2024, 12:46pm

yes, this happens because my fork only for 1.8.0 and since it’s in beta it will work only with build-stage extender (after release it will be fine on the main extender as well)

totebo · April 23, 2024, 1:18pm

Good catch! Using 1.8.0 with the build server set to https://build-stage.defold.com works perfectly.

Am I right in thinking GamesAnalytics can use your fork to fix the issue with the extension? Or are other changes needed?

AGulev · April 23, 2024, 1:32pm

No, they can’t or can but partially.

part of the fix related to Defold 1.8.0 can be used to make extension compatible with new Defold version remove osx platfrom + defold 1.8 support · AGulev/GA-SDK-DEFOLD@dc620dc · GitHub (js file)
but to fix macOS build, new arm64 library should be added to the extension, because in my fork macOS support was fully removed.

totebo · April 24, 2024, 7:47am

I added a note on Github in the hope the GameAnalytics devs see it.