Initial SDK setup

Follow these instructions to install the Braze Flutter SDK that contains a package to allows integrators to use Braze APIs in Flutter apps written in Dart. This plugin provides basic analytics functionality and lets you integrate in-app messages and Content Cards for both iOS and Android with a single codebase.

note:

You will need to complete installation steps on both platforms separately.

Prerequisites

To complete the installation, you will need the app identifier API key as well as the SDK endpoint. Both are located under Manage Settings in the dashboard.

Before following these steps, install and set up the Flutter SDK.

Step 1: Integrate the Braze library

Add the Braze Flutter SDK package from the command line.

flutter pub add braze_plugin

This will add the appropriate line to your pubspec.yaml.

To connect to Braze servers, create a braze.xml file in your project’s android/res/values folder. Paste the following code and replace the API identifier key and endpoint with your values:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="com_braze_api_key">YOUR_APP_IDENTIFIER_API_KEY</string>
<string translatable="false" name="com_braze_custom_endpoint">YOUR_CUSTOM_ENDPOINT_OR_CLUSTER</string>
</resources>

Add the required permissions to your AndroidManifest.xml file:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />

SWIFT
OBJECTIVE-C

Add Appboy SDK import at the top of the AppDelegate.swift file:

import Appboy_iOS_SDK

In the same file, add the following snippet within the application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [NSObject: AnyObject]?) -> Bool method and replace the API identifier key with your value:

Appboy.start(withApiKey: "YOUR-APP-IDENTIFIER-API-KEY", in:application, withLaunchOptions:launchOptions)

Add Appboy SDK import at the top of the AppDelegate.m file:

#import "Appboy-iOS-SDK/AppboyKit.h"

In the same file, add the following snippet within the application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions method and replace the API identifier key with your value:

[Appboy startWithApiKey:@"YOUR-APP-IDENTIFIER-API-KEY"
          inApplication:application
      withLaunchOptions:launchOptions];

Then, add your SDK endpoint in the Info.plist file. It is located in the ios project folder. If you’re working in Xcode, perform the following steps:

Add a row with the name Braze and type of Dictionary.
To that Dictionary, add a row with the name Endpoint, type String and as a value, input your SDK endpoint.

Otherwise, add the following elements to the file:

<key>Braze</key>
  <dict>
    <key>Endpoint</key>
    <string>sdk.your-endpoint.com</string>
  </dict>

Step 3: Usage

To import the plugin into your Dart code, use the following:

import 'package:braze_plugin/braze_plugin.dart';

Then, initialize an instance of the Braze plugin by calling new BrazePlugin() like in our sample app.

Test your basic integration

At this point, you can verify that the SDK is integrated by checking session statistics in the dashboard. If you run your application on either platform, you should see a new session in dashboard (in the Overview section).

You can open a session for a particular user by calling the following code in your app.

BrazePlugin braze = BrazePlugin();
braze.changeUser("some-user-id");

Then, search for the user with some-user-id in the dashboard under User Search. There, you can verify that session and device data have been logged.

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