Android (google Play) Referral Tracking Limitations

Using INSTALL_REFERRER and our own broadcast receiver, we are able to track installs for a referral program in our app. We are, however, running into certain limitations in the tra

Solution 1:

In order to load the referrer when sending the link to another user (and in order to avoid the browser/google-play question), the link should not be:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xxx.appname&referrer=abc

but

market://details?id=com.xxx.appname&referrer=abc