CookiesConsent

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Java
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Created
Sep 25, 2015
Updated
Nov 20, 2015 (Retired)
Owner
Carlos Piñar Hafner (Carlosph)
Contributor
Carlos Piñar Hafner (Carlosph)
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CookiesConsent for Android

Android library to inform EU users of the use of cookies. The alert can be shown via dialog or an overlay view.

Gradle

Add the next dependency to your gradle.build

compile 'com.github.carlosph:cookiesconsent:0.9.5'

Usage

On the onCreate method of your MainActivity, create a new CookiesConsetDialog or CookiesConsetOverlay and call the method showIfApplies().

To add a link to your privacy policy use the method setPolicyUrl(String policyUrl).

If you need to run some code only when the user has given the consent (i.e. ads or analytics code), you can set a CookiesConsentListener, and the code on its onCookiesAllowed method will be executed only when the user is not from the EU or he has already being notified about the use of cookies.

Additionally you can use the method CookiesConsentAlert.isConsentNeeded(Context context) anywhere in your code to know if the user has yet to give consent about the use of cookies.

#Example

To show the dialog or the overlay to EU users when they open the app for the first time just add the following code:

Dialog

new CookiesConsentDialog(this)
 .setPolicyUrl("https://github.com/Carlosph/CookiesConsent")
 .showIfApplies();

Overlay

new CookiesConsentOverlay(this)
 .setPolicyUrl("https://github.com/Carlosph/CookiesConsent")
 .showIfApplies();

With listener

If you want to run some code only when users are not from EU or when they have already given consent to the use of cookies, you can use a listener. The code would be something like this:

new CookiesConsentOverlay(this)
    .setPolicyUrl("https://github.com/Carlosph/CookiesConsent")
    .setListener(new CookiesConsentAlert.CookiesConsentListener() {
        @Override
        public void onCookiesAllowed() {
   // Code for non EU users or users
   // which have already given consent
        }
    })
    .showIfApplies();

Languages

Supported languages:

  • English
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Russian

There are just a few strings to be translated, so if your language is not supported, please help us by sending the translation.

You can send a pull request or just send me the strings, as you like. I will try to keep the library updated with the translations that I receive.

Strings to translate

<resources>
    <string name="dialog_title">This app uses cookies</string>
    <string name="dialog_text">Using it, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the terms of our %1$s.</string>
    <string name="privacy_policy">privacy policy</string>
    <string name="exit_button_text">Exit App</string>
    <string name="continue_button_text">Continue</string>
</resources>

Thanks

The code to detect if the user is from the European Union is from this Stack Overflow question, asked by Mr.Betatester and answered by Ruyo.

License

    Copyright 2015 Carlos Piñar Hafner

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.