Configure app launch times

With the Android agent, you can report app launch time, also known as "cold time" and "hot time."

Configure app launch time

Important

This feature is available for agent versions 6.9.0 and higher.

To enable the Android agent to report app launch time: Add the following to your application's AndroidManifest.xml:

<application>

 <!-- make sure to provide unique authorities if apply to multiple apps on the same device -->
  <provider
     android:name="com.newrelic.agent.android.rum.contentprovider.NewRelicAppContentProvider"
     android:authorities="com.newrelic.android.agent.nrprovider.${applicationId}"
     android:initOrder="200"
     android:exported="false"/>
     
</application>

Your app launch time is reported with the AppLaunch/Cold and AppLaunch/Hot metrics. To track these launch time metrics, you can use the Query builder to create a custom dashboard. To use the Query builder, go to one.newrelic.com > Capabilities > Query builder.

Here's a sample query for capturing cold and hot launch times:

SELECT average(newrelic.timeslice.value ) AS `AppLaunch/Cold` FROM Metric WHERE metricTimesliceName = ‘AppLaunch/Cold’ AND `entity.guid` = ‘your app token here’ SINCE 1664218800000 UNTIL 1664220600000 TIMESERIES

If no data appears, review your logcat output for errors.