Discover how to use Snowtype to automatically generate Kotlin code for your Android application from Snowplow CDI data products. In this comprehensive tutorial, we walk through the entire setup process, from initializing Snowtype with the npx command to generating production-ready Kotlin code that syncs your events, properties, and entities directly with your Android app.
What You'll Learn:
- How to install and initialize Snowtype for Android projects
- Setting up your snowtype.config.json file with the Android tracker
- Finding and configuring your Snowplow Organization ID from the management UI
- Selecting your data products and retrieving Data Product IDs
- Running the npx generate command to auto-generate Kotlin code
- Understanding the generated files (snowtype-lock.json and Kotlin generator file)
- Importing and using generated event classes in your Android components
- Supporting multiple data products in a single project
Key Topics Covered:
Snowtype, Snowplow CDI, Android, Kotlin, code generation, data products, event tracking, Node.js, automatic code generation, data collection, Android Studio, mobile app development, npm packages
Perfect for: Android developers, Kotlin developers, Snowplow users, mobile app developers, and anyone looking to automatically synchronize event tracking code in their Android applications.Prerequisites: Node.js installed, Snowplow CDI account, Android Studio, Kotlin project setup