Does anyone know the default tracking method for tealium mobile. i know for desktop it's utag.link for interactions and utag.view for page views. how does that translate into mobile. For android and iOS.

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Does anyone know the default tracking method for tealium mobile. i know for desktop it's utag.link for interactions and utag.view for page views. how does that translate into mobile. For android and iOS.

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Actually it's the same! Mobile uses utag, but the mobile libraries call utag.track('link', {...}) and utag.track('view', {...}).

Does anyone know the default tracking method for tealium mobile. i know for desktop it's utag.link for interactions and utag.view for page views. how does that translate into mobile. For android and iOS.

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ok. Thanks a lot. the reason why i asked is because i've seen this method as well. iOS [[Tealium sharedInstance] track:nil customData:@{ @"link_name":@"Exchange Rate Set", @"set_exchange_rate":@"1" } as:TealiumEventCall]; Android Tealium.track(w, Tealium.map( "link_name", "Exchange Rate Set", "set_exchange_rate", "1" ), null); Is this just for custom data sources only on mobile where you have to call Tealium.track

Does anyone know the default tracking method for tealium mobile. i know for desktop it's utag.link for interactions and utag.view for page views. how does that translate into mobile. For android and iOS.

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My apologies I misunderstood the purpose behind your question. Well the 3rd argument in [[Tealium sharedInstance] track:...] and Tealium.track(...) are the hardcoded values "view" or "link" to be used in utag.track(['view']/['link'], {...}). iOS TealiumEventCall = @"link"; TealiumViewCall = @"view"; Android Tealium.EVENT_NAME_LINK = "link"; Tealium.EVENT_NAME_VIEW = "view"; Those custom data sources are what is supplied as the second argument in utag.track('???', { /*here*/}) which are then mapped in the data-layer.

Does anyone know the default tracking method for tealium mobile. i know for desktop it's utag.link for interactions and utag.view for page views. how does that translate into mobile. For android and iOS.

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OK. so what would be possible to use utag.track in a mobile app to also track custom data

Does anyone know the default tracking method for tealium mobile. i know for desktop it's utag.link for interactions and utag.view for page views. how does that translate into mobile. For android and iOS.

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Yes, if you are debugging with your device connected to a web inspector and making the call directly into the library's webkit instance. Otherwise, use the library's track api, in iOS (v3.2 method): [[Tealium trackCallType:TealiumEventCall customData:@{@"myCustomkey":@"myCustomValue" object:nil];
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