Fully supported and tested on React Native v0.65+. Supporting both the old architecture and Turbo Modules & Fabric renderer.
Fully supported on iOS 13+.
Fully supported on Android Lollipop (API 21) and later. You can install Smartlook on Android Jelly Bean (API 18), however, you will not be able to record user sessions.
✅ You can use Smartlook React Native SDK with the Expo Development Builds or Expo Prebuild. No config plugin is required.
❌ The Smartlook React Native SDK can’t be used in the “Expo Go” app because it requires custom native code.
The Smartlook React Native SDK fully supports both the new and the old architecture.
Install the Smartlook SDK package using npm
or yarn
.
npm install react-native-smartlook-analytics --save
yarn add react-native-smartlook-analytics
Install the iOS native code components.
cd ios && pod install
The native iOS Smartlook 2.0+ SDK requires
iOS 13
as the minimal version. Please setplatform :ios, '13'
in yourPodfile
to conform this requirement.
[!] [Xcodeproj] Generated duplicate UUIDs:
during the
pod install
phase concerningSmartlookAnalytics-Swift.h
headers, we recommend setting
install! 'cocoapods', :deterministic_uuids => false
in yourPodfile
. This warning occurs due to the structure of the headers in our native frameworks and the way Cocoapods handle them.
The library gets auto-linked and no additional steps are required.
Make sure your application is correctly set up to work with the new architecture.
Install the Smartlook SDK package using npm
or yarn
and install the iOS native code components with the new architecture enabled:
cd ios && RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1 pod install
The library gets auto-linked and no additional steps are required.
Make sure your application is correctly set up to work with the new architecture.
Install the Smartlook SDK package using npm
or yarn
and install the iOS native code components with the new architecture enabled:
cd ios && RCT_NEW_ARCH_ENABLED=1 pod install
Android autolinking doesn’t work out of the box with the new architecture on RN v0.68.x and v0.69.x. You need to perform the following steps to manually link our TurboModules
and Fabric
components:
-
Open the
your-application/android/app/build.gradle
file and update the file as follows:"PROJECT_BUILD_DIR=$buildDir", "REACT_ANDROID_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid", - "REACT_ANDROID_BUILD_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/build" + "REACT_ANDROID_BUILD_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules/react-native/ReactAndroid/build", + "NODE_MODULES_DIR=$rootDir/../node_modules/" cFlags "-Wall", "-Werror", "-fexceptions", "-frtti", "-DWITH_INSPECTOR=1" cppFlags "-std=c++17"
-
Open the
your-application/android/app/src/main/jni/Android.mk
file and update the file as follows:# If you wish to add a custom TurboModule or Fabric component in your app you # will have to include the following autogenerated makefile. # include $(GENERATED_SRC_DIR)/codegen/jni/Android.mk - # include $(CLEAR_VARS) + + # Includes the MK file for `react-native-smartlook-analytics` + + include $(NODE_MODULES_DIR)/react-native-smartlook-analytics/android/build/generated/source/codegen/jni/Android.mk + include $(CLEAR_VARS)
-
In the same file (
Android.mk
), go to theLOCAL_SHARED_LIBRARIES
setting and add the following line:libreact_codegen_rncore \ + libreact_codegen_SmartlookAnalytics \ libreact_debug \
-
Open the
your-application/android/app/src/main/jni/MainApplicationModuleProvider.cpp
file and update the file as follows to enable the Smartlook TurboModule:-
Add the import for the turbo module base:
#include <answersolver.h> + #include <SmartlookAnalytics.h>
-
Add the following check in the
MainApplicationModuleProvider
constructor:// auto module = samplelibrary_ModuleProvider(moduleName, params); // if (module != nullptr) { // return module; // } + auto module = SmartlookAnalytics_ModuleProvider(moduleName, params); + if (module != nullptr) { + return module; + } return rncore_ModuleProvider(moduleName, params); }
-
-
Open the
your-application/android/app/src/main/jni/MainComponentsRegistry.cpp
file and update the file as follows to support our Fabric-basedSensitivity view
:-
Add the import for the component definition descriptor:
#include <react/renderer/components/answersolver/ComponentDescriptors.h> + #include <react/renderer/components/SmartlookAnalytics/ComponentDescriptors.h> #include <react/renderer/components/rncore/ComponentDescriptors.h>
-
Enable the Fabric view in the
sharedProviderRegistry
constructor:auto providerRegistry = CoreComponentsRegistry::sharedProviderRegistry(); // Custom Fabric Components go here. You can register custom // components coming from your App or from 3rd party libraries here. // // providerRegistry->add(concreteComponentDescriptorProvider< // AocViewerComponentDescriptor>()); + providerRegistry->add(concreteComponentDescriptorProvider<SmartlookSensitiveViewComponentDescriptor>()); return providerRegistry; }
-
Enter your unique projectKey
and call the start()
method to start recording your user sessions. If you do not know your project key, you can find it in the mobile project settings on the Smartlook Dashboard
import Smartlook from 'react-native-smartlook-analytics'
Smartlook.instance.preferences.setProjectKey(
'your-unique-project-key'
);
Smartlook.instance.start();
To start recording when the user opens the app, call the Smartlook SDK's methods in your App.js/tsx
file or in its useEffect
/ constructor
methods.
import React from 'react';
import { Button, SafeAreaView } from "react-native";
import Smartlook, { Properties } from 'react-native-smartlook-analytics';
Smartlook.instance.preferences.setProjectKey(
'your-unique-project-key'
);
Smartlook.instance.start();
const SampleApp = () => {
return (
<SafeAreaView>
<Text>This app is now being recorded!</Text>
<Button
title="Magic button"
onPress={() => {
const props = new Properties();
props.putString('prop1', 'Prop from Magic Button');
props.putString('prop2', 'Another prop from Magic Button');
Smartlook.instance.analytics.trackEvent(
'magic-button-press-event',
props
);
}
/>
</SafeAreaView>
);
}
export default SampleApp;
📘 Adaptive frame rate
Due to reported issues with video responsiveness on iOS, we recommend turning off the
Adaptive Frame Rate
feature, e.g.Smartlook.instance.preferences.setAdaptiveFrameRateEnabled(false);
.