Facebook

This guide describes how to add and configure Facebook Analytics and Ads Manager integration.
Configure this integration and analyze your app metrics right on Facebook Analytics. Send events to Facebook Ads Manager to build lookalike audiences based on subscription events (like renewals) and maximize your ROI.
How to Add Integration?
Please make sure that you disabled Facebook Automatic Purchase Events Logging in app settings. See step 7 for details.
Advertising Identifier (IDFA) is required for correct attribution. However, if IDFA is missing Apphud tries to send event using Facebook Anonymous Identifier and Extended Device Information (i.e. fingerprint info). Events without IDFA still might be attributed correctly but not guaranteed.
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Create new Facebook app, if you don't have it.
​Integrate or update Facebook SDK to the latest version.
​Pass attribution data from Facebook to Apphud. 
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Open your Facebook app settings and copy your App ID:
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Under Advanced section copy Client Token:
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Enter App ID and Client Token fields:
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If you don't want to mix test and live data, create separate test app on Facebook. Paste test App ID and Client Token into corresponding fields.
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For both (live and test) apps disable Automatic Purchase Events Logging. This is required to prevent revenue double counting in Facebook Analytics and Ads Manager. The switch can be found in app "Basic" settings:
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For some events, you can enter custom names. For others, you can choose between Facebook build-in events. You can also specify event aliases that will be sent as event properties under alias key. Please, use only letters (a..z), numbers (0..9), underscore (_) for event names and aliases. You can also disable sending some events using switches.
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Enable Integration and save changes:
Pass attribution data to Apphud (required):
In case of Facebook attribution, you should pass empty data:
Swift
Objective-C
Kotlin
Swift
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplication.LaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
    
    // Initialize ApphudSDK
    Apphud.start(apiKey: "APPHUD_API_KEY")
    
    // Initialize Facebook
    ApplicationDelegate.shared.application(application, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: launchOptions)
    
    // Pass empty attribution data from Facebook to Apphud
    Apphud.addAttribution(data: [:], from: .facebook, callback: nil)
}
​
func applicationDidBecomeActive(_ application: UIApplication) {
    // manually track install in Facebook SDK
    AppEvents.activateApp()
}
Objective-C
// Initialize Apphud
// ...
// Initialize Facebook
// ...
[Apphud addAttributionWithData:@{} from:ApphudAttributionProviderFacebook identifer:nil callback:^(BOOL result) {}];
// ...
​
- (void)applicationDidBecomeActive:(UIApplication *)application {
    [FBSDKAppEvents activateApp];
}
Kotlin
// Initialize Apphud
// ...
// Initialize Facebook
// ...
Apphud.addAttribution(ApphudAttributionProvider.facebook)
// track installs manually
AppEventsLogger.activateApp(this)
​
While configuring integration you can also choose between sending revenue as sales or proceeds (without Apple / Google 15%-30% commission).
 You can read more how Apple calculates commission here.
Request IDFA Consent (required)
Starting iOS 14.5 access to IDFA requires user consent. You should request IDFA manually using AppTrackingTransparency framework and pass it to Apphud. Read more here.
Events Cheat Sheet
This is a list of all possible events and their parameters that are being sent to AppsFlyer.
You can read more about subscription events here and parameters here.
Trial
Cancellations
Introductory Offer
Regular
Promo Offer
Other Events
Trial
Trial period started
Default event name: StartTrial
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_type = "trial"
Successful conversion from trial period to regular subscription
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_type = "trial"
Failed conversion from trial period to regular subscription
Default event name: apphud_trial_expired
Parameters:
alias = "apphud_trial_expired"
fb_content_id: String
reason: String
Cancellations
Trial Canceled
 Default event name: apphud_trial_canceled
Parameters:
alias = "apphud_trial_canceled"
fb_content_id: String
Subscription Canceled
 Default event name: apphud_subscription_canceled
Parameters:
alias = "apphud_subscription_canceled"
fb_content_id: String
Autorenew disabled (Deprecated)
 Default event name: apphud_autorenew_disabled
Parameters:
alias = "apphud_autorenew_disabled"
fb_content_id: String
Autorenew enabled
Default event name: apphud_autorenew_enabled
Parameters:
alias= "apphud_autorenew_enabled"
fb_content_id: String
Introductory Offer
Introductory offer started
 Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_type: String
Introductory offer renewed
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_type: String
Successful conversion from introductory offer to regular subscription
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_type: String
Failed conversion from introductory offer to regular subscription or failed renew
Default event name: apphud_intro_expired
Parameters:
alias = "apphud_intro_expired"
fb_content_id: String
reason: Float
offer_type: String
Refund during introductory offer
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
reason: String
offer_type: String
Regular
Subscription started
 Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
Subscription renewed
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
Subscription expired
Default event name: apphud_subscription_expired
Parameters:
alias= "apphud_subscription_expired"
fb_content_id: String
reason: Float
Subscription refunded
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
reason: String
Promo Offer
Promotional offer started
 Default event name: StartTrial or Subscribe depending on promo offer type.
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_id: String
offer_type: String
Promotional offer renewed
Default event name: StartTrial or Subscribe depending on promo offer type.
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_id: String
offer_type: String
Successful conversion from promotional offer to regular subscription
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
offer_id: String
offer_type: String
Failed conversion from promotional offer to regular subscription or failed renew
Default event name: apphud_promo_expired
Parameters:
alias = "apphud_promo_expired"
fb_content_id: String
reason: Float
offer_id: String
offer_type: String
Refund during promotional offer
Default event name: Subscribe
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
reason: String
offer_id: String
offer_type: String
Other Events
Non renewing purchase
Default event name: fb_mobile_purchase
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
Non renewing purchase refunded
Default event name: fb_mobile_purchase
Parameters:
alias: String
fb_content_id: String
_valueToSum: Float
fb_currency: String
fb_num_items = 1
reason: String
Billing Issue
Default event name: apphud_billing_issue
Parameters:
alias = "apphud_billing_issue"
fb_content_id: String
Billing issue Resolved
 Default event name: [Apphud] billing_issue_resolved
Parameters:
product_id: String
alias = "apphud_billing_issue_resolved"
Testing Subscription Events
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Make sure Facebook SDK is properly integrated in your app and Facebook integration is configured in Apphud.
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Install Facebook app into your test device and sign in .
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Open Facebook Events Manager, select your app and open "Test Events" tab:
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Open Xcode, remove your app from test device and launch the app.
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Make a test purchase in your app.
You can read more about testing purchases here.
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You will see Apphud events on Facebook in a real time:
How to Use these Events?
You may use events coming from Apphud to Facebook to:
analyze your app metrics on Facebook Analytics;
view cost per app event on Facebook Ads Manager and Facebook Ad Reports;
create Facebook Lookalike audiences based on events.
It may take up to 24 hours from sending events from Apphud before they will appear on Facebook.
Facebook Analytics
Open Facebook Analytics and select your app. On "Revenue" tab you may see key revenue metrics calculated on events received from Apphud:
Or you may create event breakdown table by a set of properties. For example, here is Subscribe event breakdown by user's language:
Facebook Ads and Ad Reports
View subscription metrics right on Facebook Ads Manager. Open Facebook Ads Manager, click on "Columns" and select "Customize Columns...":
Add necessary columns. For example, subscriptions and trials total count, value and cost:
You may optionally save this customized view as a preset. Since now, you will be able to see these metrics right on Facebook Ads Manager:
You can also add subscription metrics to Facebook Ads report:
Facebook Lookalike Audience
Create Lookalike audience and launch Facebook Ads targeted on people who most likely will perform desired event. For example, create Lookalike audience based on people who recently purchased a subscription.
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Open Facebook Audiences Tool and select your Facebook Ads account in the dropdown in the top left corner.
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Select “Create Audience” > “New Lookalike audience”:
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Click on “Create New Source” > “Custom Audience”:
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Select “App Activity”:
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Select your app and Subscribe event. You may optionally choose a date range to include only users who made a purchase recently:
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Name your audience and save.
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Select location of people of your future audience and define audience size. Audience size ranges from 1% to 10%, where 1% is the closes to the target audience.
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Once created, you will be able to choose this Lookalike audience while setting up Ad Set:
Read a post called "4 tricks on launching Facebook Ads for iOS app with subscriptions" in our blog, where we desribe several tactics to launch successful Facebook ad campaigns.
Troubleshooting
If you don't see events in your Facebook Analytics and Ads Manager, please check the following:
Advertising Identifier (IDFA) is required for correct attribution. However, if IDFA is missing Apphud tries to send event using Facebook Anonymous Identifier and Extended Device Information (i.e. fingerprint info). Events without IDFA still might be attributed correctly but not guaranteed.
Try to wait a few more hours, sometimes events appear in Facebook Analytics / Ads Manager after up to 24 hours.
Make sure you are viewing events in correct category. Events that are being sent by Apphud are mapped to Facebook Standard events, like Purchase, Subscribe, etc. You can view and edit events mapping in Facebook Integration page in Apphud. In the given example, Trial Converted event is mapped to Subscribe standard event in Facebook
Verify that events are sent in Apphud Events page. Click "Integrations: sent" link and view event logs:
Make sure you are using latest Facebook iOS SDK or Facebook Android SDK.
View Facebook Events Debugging section. Open Facebook Analytics page of your Facebook App and navigate to Event Debugging page. There you can filter and view your events for the last 24 hours. All recent events that are being sent by Apphud will appear here mapped to Facebook Standard events.
If you still having issues go to Facebook Events Manager. In Events Manager you can view Diagnostics Page, Settings and recent activity of all your events.
 In Overview tab in the Events Manager you can see Recent Activity of your events, like Subscribe:
View Detailed information about the last 100 events received, including parameters that were sent by Apphud:
View your app events Diagnostics:
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