How to use Trace android SDK to add real time tracking capabilities in your existing Android app

Introducing Trace — A full-stack tracking platform.

Trace comes with a stand-alone app and dashboard, for developers we have built SDK and REST APIs. People who are looking forward to adding tracking capabilities to your existing app and dashboard can use the SDK and the REST. Here we are going to discuss about how to implement the Trace android SDK into an existing android application.

Quickstart

First, create an account at Trace dashboard. Then get the API Key from the profile section in the dashboard.
Then add Barikoi Trace library to the Android project. Include the following lines in your build.gradle (Module:App) file.

Add it in your root build.gradle at the end of repositories:

Now, the activity from where you want to start tracking

after integrating the SDK and starting the tracking service, the app should show a notification like below and start a tracking service in foreground.

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