This article explains what tests you should run before and after the mobile upgrade. This will help you make sure that your application is ready and you can upgrade successfully.

Before the upgrade: check the Accengage implementation

It is important to make sure that the Accengage SDK is correctly integrated into your application. This will help you to upgrade in the best conditions.

We listed a few steps to check the whole user process with Accengage, from opt-in to push reception.

 

1. Delete your application from your device.

If you are using an Android device, please delete the application via the device’s settings. This way you will also delete all your profile data.

Go to Settings > Apps & Notifications > Select your application > Storage & Cache > Clear Storage and Cleat Cache.

Back to your application > Uninstall

If you are using an iOS device, touch and hold the application > Delete App. This will automatically delete all your profile data.

 

2. Install the application again and enable notifications.

 

3. Retrieve your Device ID, and make note of it. 

If you need, please see our documentation explaining how to retrieve the Device ID:

• iOS

• Android

 

4. Once you have your Device ID, enter it in the Test Tool 

and check that:

• you find your profile, with the install time matching when you reinstalled the application,

• the value for the field Notification Enabled is Y,

• the device Token is there.

 

5. If these 3 conditions are met, you can carry on and send yourself a test push

This video shows how to check your Device ID in the test tool and send yourself a push:

 

If you receive the push, the Accengage SDK was correctly implemented and you can start the upgrade.

If you don’t get the expected result for any of the steps listed above, please check your integration using our documentation iOS / Android, or contact your Technical Account Manager or our Support Team.

 

You can now start working on your application’s upgrade to Airship. Please see our documentation.

 

After the upgrade: check the Airship implementation

The unique device identifier in Airship is the Channel ID. When your audience is upgraded to Airship, for each device, a channel ID is created in Airship’s database with the same value as the Accengage’s Device ID.

 

1. Retrieve your Channel ID

Please see our documentation explaining how to retrieve a device’s channel ID.

 

2. Check your channel ID in the Airship Go dashboard

Go to Audience → Contact look-up. Search your channel ID and check it is present.

Airship’s Contact Lookup is the equivalent of Accengage’s Test Tools.

 

3. Check that your Channel ID is opted-in.

 

4. Check that your Channel ID has a token (called Push Address).

This token must the same as the one your profile had on Accengage.

 

5. Check the Named User and Attributes 

If you were using custom fields, as well as customer IDs with Accengage after your transition, you will be able to retrieve this data directly in the Contact Lookup tool from the "Tag Groups" and "Attributes" sections.

• Your customer ID will appear as Named_User_ID in the "Tag Groups" tab.

The named user must be sent the first time the application is opened after the combined SDK integration. This will allow this information to move to Airship and be used for your segments and campaigns. It will appear in the Contact Lookup in the Tag Group tab.

• Your custom fields will keep their names in the "Attributes" tab.

Via the combined SDK, all attributes collected on Accengage and tagged on Airship will go back into the Airship database. However, these attributes will only be visible in the Contact Lookup if the call to the attribute method was made by the Airship SDK. Please find below a concrete example:

The "favorite product" field exists on Accengage, and your profile pulls up a value for this field on Test Tools from Accengage. This field is populated every time a product is added to your “favorite” basket. Following the install of the application with the combined SDK, your profile moves to Airship and is visible in the Contact Lookup tool. Until then, it is normal that the attribute is not visible in the Contact Lookup tool. For the attribute to be visible in the Contact Lookup, you need to add a product to your favorites or send the information the first time you open the application following the combined SDK integration.

The field will be populated on Airship and will be taken into account for segmentation.

If you want to make sure that the value is collected on Airship, you can create a segment with your Channel ID and the attribute. Via the audience estimator, you will be able to see if a profile meets the selected criterias.

 

6. You can now send your first message from Airship’s dashboard

See our documentation on how to send your first message.

 

7. Run the same tests as a new user

This will ensure you can engage with the new users installing your application with the Airship SDK.

You can either use another device to install the new version of your application for the first time or uninstall the application from your current device.

 

 

This video shows how to check your Channel ID with Contact Lookup and send yourself a push: 

 

If you could follow all the steps and get the expected result, the Airship SDK was correctly integrated into your application, and the upgrade was successful.

If you don’t get the expected result for any of the steps listed above, please don't release your app in production! Check your integration using our documentation iOS / Android, or contact your Technical Account Manager or our Support Team.