User targeting with the Sensorberg SDK

With the release of the iOS SDK 2.4 and Android SDK 2.2 we have also released the capability to target a specific subgroup of your app users.

The system is very flexible and can be used for multiple use cases. Here is a list of examples:

  • Send a notification to all logged in users of my app
  • Send a notification to all users of my app who have a score above 1000
  • Send a notification to all users who have specified their hometown to be Berlin

From a data privacy perspective, we designed the feature in a way so that data is only stored on the client. We are providing a new API in the SDKs the enable customers to set any String key values which filters the campaigns for the current app user.

Here an example which can be used in your application:

Java
public class MyApplication extends MultiDexApplication {
	public SensorbergSdk sensorbergSDK;
	@Override
    public void onCreate() {
    	//initialize your SDK properly
    	Map<String, String> attributes = new HashMap<>();
    	if (userMananger.userloggedIn) {
    		attributes.put("user_LoggedIn", "true");
    		attributes.put("user_hometown", userMananger.getHomeTown());
    	}
    	attributes.put("score", "above1000");
    	SensorbergSDK.setAttributes(attributes);
    }
}

And on iOS:

ObjC
NSDictionary *attributes = @{ @"userLoggedIn":@YES,
                              @"userHomeTown":@"Berlin"};
[[SBManager sharedManager] setTargetAttributes:attributes];

To clear the attributes pass a nil: [[SBManager sharedManager] setTargetAttributes:nil]

You are responsible for keeping the attributes in sync. If the user logs out, make sure to clear the attributes and send them to the SDK again. If you don´t clear the attributes, they remain unchanged in the SDK. This feature is only available on the new portal Your account must be on portal.sensorberg.com if you want to use this feature. A full release of the management UI on this feature is scheduled for January 2017. You should already have your app ready to use this feature, so start integrating today!