Tracking events
Action events
Send an event from the tap handler of every button that does something.
Send it in the tap handler#
kotlin
sendButton.setOnClickListener {
mixpanel.track(
"Message Sent",
JSONObject().put("screen", "Chat").put("has_attachment", false),
)
viewModel.send()
}Within 3 seconds of the tap
Tapmap links an event to the last tap up to 3 seconds before it. An event sent after a slow network call may end up as “On its own (timer or background)”. To count only successes, track the tap (
Send Tapped) and the outcome (Message Sent) as two events.Add screen to action events too, so the same action from two places can be told apart.
Naming#
- Object + past-tense verb, in Title Case:
Message Sent,Wallet Added,Filter Applied. - Keep names stable. Renaming an event splits its history in Mixpanel.
- For list rows, track opening an item with its type, not its title:
Item Opened {screen: "Chat List", item_type: "group"}.