Android Lifecyle
The Sensibill SDK lifecycle consists of 3 states: Uninitialized
, Initialized
, and Started
. A method also exists for each state transition and takes the required information to move from one state to the next.
A summary of the different states and what they represent can be found below:
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NOTE: When switching users, always remember to release
the SDK and go through the full initialization & starting procedure again.
Initializing the SDK
Initialization can begin by using the InitializationBuilder
to create an Initializer
object which will be used to initialize the SDK.
The InitializationBuilder
also has a number of optional configurations that can be applied. Subsections below will elaborate on each configuration.
In order to create the InitializationBuilder
, three arguments are required:
Name | Description |
---|---|
context | A reference to the Application Context |
environment | An SBEnvironment , usually a member of the DefaultEnvironment enum type. This specifies what external Sensibill environment you wish your application to access. For example DefaultEnvironment.RECEIPTS_SANDBOX |
tokenProvider | A valid TokenProvider instance. It must be created by this point, but no calls to TokenProvider.provideTokenReplacement() will be made until SensibillSDK.start() is called.The token provider needs to provide a unique token for each user. The token provided is used for communication with the Sensibill API. Each token is tied to a particular user, therefore it is important to ensure the token provided is always for the intended user. |
See the InitializationBuilder Reference for full documentation.
val tokenProvider = object : TokenProvider {
override fun provideTokenReplacement(
oldAuthToken: String?,
userIdentifier: String,
listener: TokenProvider.OnTokenProviderListener
) {
// Token replacement implementation
}
}
val builder = InitializationBuilder(applicationContext, DefaultEnvironment.RECEIPTS_SANDBOX, tokenProvider)
final TokenProvider tokenProvider = new TokenProvider() {
@Override
public void provideTokenReplacement(@Nullable String oldAuthToken, @NonNull String userIdentifier, @NonNull TokenProvider.OnTokenProviderListener listener) {
// Token replacement implementation
}
}
InitializationBuilder builder = new InitializationBuilder(getApplicationContext(), DefaultEnvironment.RECEIPTS_SANDBOX, tokenProvider);
Optional Initialization Configuration: Certificate Pinning
Certificate Pinning (enabled by default) for SDK calls to the Sensibill APIs can be enabled or disabled by configuration in the InitializationBuilder
.
Optional Initialization Configuration: Event Listener
- SDK events can be monitored by providing an Event Listener during initialization. A class which implements
OnTrackEventListener
can be passed into theInitializationBuilder
. SDK events will trigger the.trackEvent()
method in said class.
builder.onTrackEventListener(object : OnTrackEventListener {
override fun trackEvent(
event: AnalyticsEvent?,
attributes: MutableMap<String, Any>?,
superAttributes: MutableMap<String, Any>?
) {
// Track Event
}
override fun onDestroy() {
// Handle Tracker Destruction
}
})
InitializationBuilder builder = new InitializationBuilder(getApplicationContext(), DefaultEnvironment.BETA_SANDBOX)
.onTrackEventListener(new OnTrackEventListener() {
@Override
public void trackEvent(AnalyticsEvent event, Map<String, Object> attributes, Map<String, Object> superAttributes) {
// Track Event
}
@Override
public void onDestroy() {
// Handle Tracker Destruction
}
});
Build and Initialize
Once the InitializationBuilder
object is created and optional configurations are provided, it can be built by calling builder.build()
and passed to the SensibillSDK.initialize()
method along with an SDKInitializeListener
.
NOTE: By the Sensibill SDK lifecycle rules, if SensibillSDK.initialize()
and / or SensibillSDK.start()
have already been called in this instance of the app, SensibillSDK.release()
should be called before re-initializing.
See below for example:
SensibillSDK.initialize(builder.build(), object : SDKInitializeListener {
override fun onInitialized() {
// Handle initialization success
}
override fun onInitializationFailed() {
// Handle initialization failure
}
})
SensibillSDK.getInstance().initialize(builder.build(), new SDKInitializeListener() {
@Override
public void onInitialized() {
// Handle initialization success
}
@Override
public void onInitializationFailed() {
// Handle initialization failure
}
});
NOTE: Due to its asynchronous nature and potential time to complete, the initialize
function has been changed to also require a listener. It is still possible to call SensibillSDK.initalize(Initializer)
, however this functionality is now deprecated and will soon be removed.
Starting the SDK
Once the SDK has been initialized, it can then be started with SensibillSDK.start()
.
Note: the userIdentifier
you provide to .start()
will be the one passed to your TokenProvider
when the SDK requests new tokens.
val userIdentifier = "currentUser"
SensibillSDK.start(userIdentifier, object : SDKStartup {
override fun onSDKStarted() {
// The SDK has successfully started. All functionality can now be safely used.
}
override fun onSDKFailed(loginError: LoginError?, errorMessage: String?) {
// The SDK failed to start. This may be because it has not been initialized yet, or the `TokenProvider`
// was not able to provide a token. See `loginError` for details
}
})
final String userIdentifier = "currentUser";
SensibillSDK.getInstance().start(userIdentifier, new SDKStartup() {
@Override
public void onSDKStarted() {
// The SDK has successfully started. All functionality can now be safely used.
}
@Override
public void onSDKFailed(LoginError loginError, String errorMessage) {
// The SDK failed to start. This may be because it has not been initialized yet, or the `TokenProvider`
// was not able to provide a token. See `loginError` for details
}
});
Stopping the SDK
Once Sensibill SDK functionality is no longer being used, the SDK should be stopped in order to free up resources.
Also, if a change in users must occur, the SDK should also be stopped and fully reinitialized.
To stop the SDK call SensibillSDK.release()
.