Instrument Android apps

To successfully monitor an Android app, perform the following steps:

Step 1: Create a mobile application in Dynatrace

Before you begin instrumenting your Android app, create a mobile application in your monitoring environment. This mobile app will be used to monitor your Android app.

1. From the navigation menu, select Deploy Dynatrace.
2. Scroll down to Mobile app monitoring, and click the Set up mobile monitoring button.
3. Type the name of the mobile app, and click Create mobile app.

Step 2: Obtain configuration settings from your mobile app

When you create a mobile app in Dynatrace, an applicationId is generated and the beaconUrl value of your environment is determined. These values can be accessed on the Instrumentation page.

1. From the navigation menu, click Applications.
2. Select the mobile application you created.
3. Click the Browse (…) menu button and select Edit.
4. From the Application settings menu, select Instrumentation.
5. Click Google Android and select either Groovy or Kotlin.

The Gradle snippet is already populated with the applicationId and beaconUrl configuration values from your mobile application.

Step 3: Instrument your application

Your application is now ready for instrumentation. The Dynatrace Android Gradle plugin integrates the auto-instrumentation process into your Android build. Follow these steps to begin instrumenting.

Step 4: Adjust OneAgent communication

After you have finished instrumenting your application, you must adjust OneAgent communication.