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Does Xamarin forms supports Play Install Referrer API(xamarin android)
Ankit Gandhi
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We have use INSTALL_REFERRER in xamarin android to support deferred deeplink and created BroadcastReceiver, however as per google developer documentation above one is deprecated (https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2019/11/still-using-installbroadcast-switch-to.html) from March 1, 2020 and new api "Play Install Referrer API" (https://developer.android.com/google/play/installreferrer/library.html#kts) related stuff not able to find in my xamarin solution so does it support or any nuget need to install ?
If not, then what is alternative to support new api.
Thanks & Regards,
Ankit
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James Montemagno 346 Reputation points Microsoft Employee2021-09-15T21:33:06.12+00:00 It looks like someone made a binding for the library -> https://www.nuget.org/packages/Xamarin.Android.Binding.InstallReferrer/ however I am not sure how new it is. You may want to look at just binding it yourself if that version doesn't fit what you need -> https://learn.microsoft.com/xamarin/android/platform/binding-java-library/?WT.mc_id=friends-0000-jamont
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Ankit Gandhi 1 Reputation point
2021-09-16T04:56:04.46+00:00 So It means that Xamarin right now not supporting "Play Install Referrer API" ? and have to find alternatives?
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JarvanZhang 23,876 Reputation points
2021-09-16T07:22:46.14+00:00 Hi, AnkitGandhi-4018. The Referrer Library is a native api which cannot be used in Xamarin.Android directly. Instead, you could seek for a nuget or create a binding library yourself as James said. Please try the nuget James provides to check if it meets your need. If not, try create a binding library. Here is the related doc, you could refer to: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/android/platform/binding-java-library/binding-an-aar
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