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How to send Real User Measurements to Traffic Manager with Visual Studio App Center

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You can set up your mobile application developed using Visual Studio App Center to send Real User Measurements to Traffic Manager by following the steps:

Note

Currently, sending Real User Measurements to Traffic manager is only supported for Android.

To configure Real User Measurements, you need to obtain a key and instrument your app with the RUM package.

Step 1: Obtain a key

The measurements you take and sent to Traffic Manager from your client application are identified by the service using a unique string, called the Real User Measurements (RUM) Key. You can get a RUM key using the Azure portal, a REST API or by using the PowerShell / CLI interfaces.

To obtain the RUM Key using Azure portal using the following procedure:

  1. From a browser, sign in to the Azure portal. If you don’t already have an account, you can sign up for a free one-month trial.

  2. In the portal’s search bar, search for the Traffic Manager profile name that you want to modify, and then click the Traffic Manager profile in the results that the displayed.

  3. In the Traffic Manager profile page, click Real User Measurements under Settings.

  4. Click Generate Key to create a new RUM Key.

    Generate Real User Measurements key

    Figure 1: Real User Measurements key generation

  5. The page displays the RUM Key that is generated and a JavaScript code snippet that needs to be embedded into your HTML page.

    JavaScript code for Real User Measurements key

    Figure 2: Real User Measurements Key and Measurement JavaScript

  6. Click the Copy button to copy the RUM Key.

Step 2: Instrument your app with the RUM package of App Center SDK

If you're new to Visual Studio App Center, visit its website. For detailed instructions on SDK integration, see Getting Started with the Android SDK.

To use Real User Measurements, complete the following procedure:

  1. Add the SDK to the project

    During the preview of the ATM RUM SDK, you need to explicitly reference the package repository.

    In your app/build.gradle file add the following lines:

    repositories {
    maven {
        url "https://dl.bintray.com/mobile-center/mobile-center-snapshot"
    }
}

    In your app/build.gradle file add the following lines:

    dependencies {

    def mobileCenterSdkVersion = '0.12.1-16+3fe5b08'
    compile "com.microsoft.azure.mobile:mobile-center-rum:${mobileCenterSdkVersion}"
}

  2. Start the SDK

    Open your app’s main activity class and add the following import statements:

    import com.microsoft.azure.mobile.MobileCenter;
import com.microsoft.azure.mobile.rum.RealUserMeasurements;

    Look for the onCreate callback in the same file and add the following code:

    RealUserMeasurements.setRumKey("<Your RUM Key>");
MobileCenter.start(getApplication(), "<Your App Center AppSecret>", RealUserMeasurements.class);

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