Dynamic Configuration

Some Amplitude SDK versions (iOS 5.3.0+, Android 2.28.0+, JavaScript 8.9.0+, React Native, Unity, and Flutter) let you set your apps to use dynamic configuration.

Dynamic configuration finds the best Amplitude server URL based on app users' location.

Considerations¶

• If you have your own proxy server and use setServerUrl API, don't use dynamic configuration.
• If you have users in Mainland China, Amplitude recommends that you use dynamic configuration.
• By default, this feature is off. You must explicitly enable it to use it.

Use cases¶

Region-based¶

Send users from different regions to the server for their region.

stateDiagram-v2
  s1: Dynamic Config Server
  cn_user: User in China
  us_user: User in United States
    s1 --> cn_user : api2.amplitude.com
    s1 --> us_user : api.amplitude.com

Dynamically adjust server URLs¶

If a server URL becomes unreachable for some reason, Amplitude can change the address in the dynamic configuration server. This makes the ingestion endpoint dynamic, so you don't need to release a new version of your app.

stateDiagram-v2
  s1: Dynamic Config Server
  user: User
    s1 --> user : new.amplitude.com (new URL)
    s1 --> user : old.amplitude.com (broken URL)

Usage¶

Enable the useDynamicConfig flag.

[Amplitude instance].useDynamicConfig = YES;

AmplitudeClient.getInstance().setUseDynamicConfig(true);

Amplitude.getInstance().setUseDynamicConfig(true);

amplitude.getInstance().init(euApiKey, null, {
  useDynamicConfig: true,
});

Amplitude.getInstance().setUseDynamicConfig(true);

amplitude.setUseDynamicConfig(true);