Airship
Integrate in-app purchase events from RevenueCat with Airship
The Airship integration is available on the Pro plan.
Airship can be a helpful integration tool in understanding what stage a customer is in and reacting accordingly. You can design and trigger personalized Airship messages to customers based on purchase behavior.
Use your RevenueCat events to send Custom Events to trigger messages with Airship. This means you can design personalized Airship Journeys and Automations based on purchase behavior.
With our Airship Integration, you can:
- Send a message to a user whose subscription experienced a billing issue.
- Send reminders to your app's message center when a user's trial is about to expire.
With accurate and up-to-date subscription data in Airship, you'll be set to turbocharge your users' engagement ⚡️
Events
The Airship integration tracks the following events:
Event Type | Event Name | Description |
---|---|---|
Initial Purchase |
| The first purchase of an auto-renewing subscription product that does not contain a free trial. |
Trial Started |
| The start of an auto-renewing subscription product free trial. |
Trial Converted |
| When an auto-renewing subscription product converts from a free trial to normal paid period. |
Trial Cancelled |
| When a user turns off renewals for an auto-renewing subscription product during a free trial period. |
Renewal |
| When an auto-renewing subscription product renews OR a user repurchases the auto-renewing subscription product after a lapse in their subscription. |
Cancellation |
| When a user turns off renewals for an auto-renewing subscription product during the normal paid period. |
Uncancellation |
| When a user re-enables the auto-renew status for a subscription. |
Non Subscription Purchase |
| The purchase of any product that's not an auto-renewing subscription. |
Subscription Paused |
| When a subscription is paused. Available for Google Play subscriptions only. |
Expiration |
| When a subscription expires. |
Billing Issue |
| When a billing issue is detected. |
Product Change |
| When user has changed the product of their subscription. This does not mean the new subscription is in effect immediately. See Managing Subscriptions for more details on updates, downgrades, and crossgrades. |
For events that have revenue, such as trial conversions and renewals, RevenueCat will automatically record this amount along with the event in Airship.
Setup
1. Set Airship User Identity
If you're using the Airship SDK, you can either send the channel ID to RevenueCat or set an Airship Named User to match the RevenueCat app user ID. The preferred method is to send the channel ID to RevenueCat. Either method you use will allow events sent from the Airship SDK and events sent from RevenueCat to be synced to the same user.
Set Airship User Identity Using Channel ID
Setting the Airship channel ID in RevenueCat is the preferred way for identifying users in Airship. Call setAirshipChannelID
on the Purchases SDK to have RevenueCat use the channel ID to send events to Airship.
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
// Configure Purchases
Purchases.configure(withAPIKey: "public_sdk_key", appUserID: "my_app_user_id")
// Initialize Airship
Airship.takeOff(launchOptions: launchOptions)
// Set the Airship channel ID in Purchases
let channelID = Airship.channel.identifier
Purchases.shared.attribution.setAirshipChannelID(channelID)
// ...
return true
}
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Configure Purchases
[RCPurchases configureWithAPIKey:@"public_sdk_key" appUserID:@"my_app_user_id"];
// Initialize Airship
[UAirship takeOffWithLaunchOptions:launchOptions];
// Set the Airship channel ID in Purchases
NSString *channelID = UAirship.channel.identifier;
[[RCPurchases sharedPurchases] setAirshipChannelID:channelID];
// ...
return YES;
}
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
// Configure Purchases SDK
Purchases.configure(this, "public_sdk_key", "my_app_user_id")
// Airship should already be initialized using Autopilot
// https://docs.airship.com/platform/android/getting-started/#takeoff
// Set the Airship channel ID in Purchases
val channelId = UAirship.shared().channel.id
Purchases.sharedInstance.setAirshipChannelID(channelId)
// ...
}
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Configure Purchases SDK
Purchases.configure(this, "public_sdk_key", "my_app_user_id");
// Airship should already be initialized using Autopilot
// https://docs.airship.com/platform/android/getting-started/#takeoff
// Set the Airship channel ID in Purchases
String channelId = UAirship.shared().getChannel().getId();
Purchases.getSharedInstance().setAirshipChannelID(channelId);
// ...
}
[Advanced Alternative] Set Airship User Identity Using Named Users
Setting the Airship channel ID in RevenueCat is preferred over using Named Users, even if you have a user authentication system. However, if you're already using Named Users in your Airship integration, you have the option to set the Named User in the Airship SDK as the same app user ID as RevenueCat. Ensure Named Users is enabled in your Airship dashboard.
func application(application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]?) -> Bool {
// Configure Purchases
Purchases.configure(withAPIKey: "public_sdk_key", appUserID: "my_app_user_id")
// Initialize Airship
Airship.takeOff(launchOptions: launchOptions)
// Identify the user in Airship
Airship.contact.identify("my_app_user_id")
// ...
return true
}
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {
// Configure Purchases
[RCPurchases configureWithAPIKey:@"public_sdk_key" appUserID:@"my_app_user_id"];
// Initialize Airship
[UAirship takeOffWithLaunchOptions:launchOptions];
// Identify the user in Airship
[UAirship.contact identify:@"my_app_user_id"];
// ...
return YES;
}
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
// Configure Purchases SDK
Purchases.configure(this, "public_sdk_key", "my_app_user_id")
// Airship should already be initialized using Autopilot
// https://docs.airship.com/platform/android/getting-started/#takeoff
// Set the Airship channel ID in Purchases
UAirship.shared().contact.identify("my_app_user_id")
// ...
}
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Configure Purchases SDK
Purchases.configure(this, "public_sdk_key", "my_app_user_id");
// Airship should already be initialized using Autopilot
// https://docs.airship.com/platform/android/getting-started/#takeoff
// Identify the user in Airship
UAirship.shared().getContact().identify("my_app_user_id");
// ...
}
2. Send RevenueCat Events to Airship
After you've set up the Purchase SDK and Airship SDK to have the same user identity, you can "turn on" the integration and configure the event names from the RevenueCat dashboard.
- Navigate to your app in the RevenueCat dashboard and choose 'Airship' from the integrations menu
- Add your Airship app key and token
- Select the location of your Airship cloud site
- Enter the event names that RevenueCat will send or choose the default event names
- Select whether you want sales reported as gross revenue (before app store commission), or after store commission and/or estimated taxes.


Airship configuration page
Sample Event
Below is sample JSON that is delivered to Airship for a renewal event.
[
{
"occurred": "2021-09-27T15:31:38Z",
"user": {
"channel": "2ceefb74-f116-49c8-601a-b36ad6ba42d4"
},
"body": {
"name": "renewal_event",
"value": 4.503,
"properties": {
"id": "2F4B1128-CF82-4192-AEB9-9B475393D1A2",
"event_timestamp_ms": 1632756861708,
"app_user_id": "$RCAnonymousID:281d3889d2aea5579f406bc1f285021f",
"aliases": [
"$RCAnonymousID:281d3889d2aea5579f406bc1f285021f"
],
"original_app_user_id": "$RCAnonymousID:281d3889d2aea5579f406bc1f285021f",
"product_id": "com.my.app.monthly_4.99.1_week_intro",
"period_type": "NORMAL",
"purchased_at_ms": 1632756698000,
"expiration_at_ms": 1632756998000,
"environment": "PRODUCTION",
"entitlement_ids": [
"pro"
],
"presented_offering_id": "default",
"transaction_id": "1000000881883259",
"original_transaction_id": "1000000884174114",
"is_family_share": false,
"country_code": "ES",
"currency": "EUR",
"is_trial_conversion": false,
"price_in_purchased_currency": 5.49,
"subscriber_attributes": {
"$ip": {
"value": "53.126.228.862",
"updated_at_ms": 1632755230679
},
"$idfv": {
"value": "D0860044-2AFE-7B5E-8175-284C3E46F0C1",
"updated_at_ms": 1632755230678
},
"$airshipChannelId": {
"value": "2ceefb74-f116-49c8-601a-b36ad6ba42d4",
"updated_at_ms": 1632756877789
}
},
"store": "APP_STORE",
"takehome_percentage": 0.7
}
}
}
]
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