How do I track app usage on Android?

The Google Play Game Services framework allows users to earn achievements, track gameplay metrics, send and receive game invites, and more, all from a single sign-in. Users can also send in-game messages to each other or use the system's messaging services to interact with friends via text, email, or VoIP chat.

If you're considering using Game Services for your app, consider these best practices and guidelines: Achievements. When the user is playing your game and performing actions such as tapping or swiping, the game records data on your behalf, including time and location. If a user completes an achievement, and your game supports it, it sends a notification to Game Services. Game Services posts a notification on your behalf to indicate the achievement has been fulfilled. Users can earn achievements through gameplay activities (tap) or non-gameplay activities (swipe).

As soon as a user achieves an achievement, that achievement will remain on their game profile page, in Google Play Games, until the user manually removes it. In addition, each time an achievement is completed, the user earns a notification that shows up in the top right corner of their Google Play Games activity feed.

Achievements must be earned by completing activities within your game, not through other in-app purchases or purchases made through the Play Store. If you allow your users to earn achievements within your app, they must be earned through your app.

It's important to note that you must set up your achievement earning logic before submitting your game to Google Play, and it cannot be changed once the game is published. This makes sure users know they just achieved something cool! Game Stats. Play Games statistics are based on the number of people who play your game. To view stats for your game, users will be prompted to sign in to Google Play Games using the same account they use to play your game. Users have the ability to view stats specific to their Google account, if desired, but they cannot view aggregate stats or stats from games they have not played.

How do I monitor app activity on Android?

We need to collect user data in android phone and tablet to make it better.

How do I find app activity on android and store it. Please help us if you have knowledge of that. Thanks. You cannot do this natively. You could monitor the logcat output for particular events like startup/exit in order to catch them, but nothing more than that.

If you want to be really sneaky and collect lots of data, you might find the new Application Usage service and the Google-provided Accessibility tools will come in handy (in certain scenarios).