Helium Events

Reference for the full list of helium events

Overview

Helium emits paywall and lifecycle events related to paywalls, purchasing, configuration, and experimentation.

This page acts as a reference to what events are available in Helium, and when each one is fired. Visit each SDK’s quickstart page to see how to listen for and handle events.

Event Types

iOS

// Base protocol for all events
protocol HeliumEvent {
    var eventName: String { get }
    var timestamp: Date { get }
    func toDictionary() -> [String: Any]
}

// Events with paywall context
protocol PaywallContextEvent: HeliumEvent {
    var triggerName: String { get }
    var paywallName: String { get }
    var isSecondTry: Bool { get }
}

// Product-related events
protocol ProductEvent: PaywallContextEvent {
    var productId: String { get }
}

// All Event Types:
// Lifecycle: PaywallOpenEvent, PaywallCloseEvent, PaywallDismissedEvent,
//            PaywallSkippedEvent, PaywallButtonPressedEvent
// Purchase:  ProductSelectedEvent, PurchasePressedEvent, PurchaseSucceededEvent,
//            PurchaseCancelledEvent, PurchaseFailedEvent, PurchaseRestoredEvent,
//            PurchaseRestoreFailedEvent, PurchasePendingEvent
// System:    InitializeStartEvent, PaywallsDownloadSuccessEvent,
//            PaywallsDownloadErrorEvent, PaywallWebViewRenderedEvent
// Experiment: UserAllocatedEvent

Android

// Base sealed class for all events
sealed class HeliumEvent(
    open val timestamp: Long
)

// Events with paywall context
sealed class PaywallContextEvent(
    override val timestamp: Long,
    open val triggerName: String,
    open val paywallName: String,
    open val isSecondTry: Boolean,
) : HeliumEvent(timestamp)

// Product-related events
sealed class ProductEvent(
    override val timestamp: Long,
    override val triggerName: String,
    override val paywallName: String,
    override val isSecondTry: Boolean,
    open val productId: String,
) : PaywallContextEvent(timestamp, triggerName, paywallName, isSecondTry)

// All Event Classes:
// Lifecycle: PaywallOpen, PaywallClose, PaywallDismissed, PaywallOpenFailed,
//            PaywallSkipped, PaywallButtonPressed
// Purchase:  ProductSelected, PurchasedPressed, PurchaseSucceeded, PurchaseCancelled,
//            PurchaseFailed, PurchaseRestored, PurchaseRestoreFailed, PurchasePending
// System:    InitializeStart, InitializeCalled, PaywallsDownloadSuccess,
//            PaywallsDownloadError, PaywallWebViewRendered

React Native

export type HeliumPaywallEvent = {
  type: 'paywallOpen' | 'paywallClose' | 'paywallDismissed' |
    'paywallOpenFailed' | 'paywallSkipped' | 'paywallButtonPressed' |
    'productSelected' | 'purchasePressed' | 'purchaseSucceeded' |
    'purchaseCancelled' | 'purchaseFailed' | 'purchaseRestored' |
    'purchaseRestoreFailed' | 'purchasePending' | 'initializeStart' |
    'paywallsDownloadSuccess' | 'paywallsDownloadError' | 
    'paywallWebViewRendered' | 'userAllocated';
  triggerName?: string;
  paywallName?: string;
  productId?: string;
  buttonName?: string;
  configId?: string;
  numAttempts?: number;
  downloadTimeTakenMS?: number;
  webviewRenderTimeTakenMS?: number;
  imagesDownloadTimeTakenMS?: number;
  fontsDownloadTimeTakenMS?: number;
  bundleDownloadTimeMS?: number;
  dismissAll?: boolean;
  isSecondTry?: boolean;
  error?: string;
  experimentInfo?: ExperimentInfo;
  timestamp?: number;
}

Flutter

// Base event structure
abstract class HeliumEvent {
  String get eventName;
  DateTime get timestamp;
  Map<String, dynamic> toMap();
}

// Events with paywall context
abstract class PaywallContextEvent extends HeliumEvent {
  String get triggerName;
  String get paywallName;
  bool get isSecondTry;
}

// Product-related events
abstract class ProductEvent extends PaywallContextEvent {
  String get productId;
}

// All Event Types:
// Lifecycle: PaywallOpenEvent, PaywallCloseEvent, PaywallDismissedEvent,
//            PaywallOpenFailedEvent, PaywallSkippedEvent, PaywallButtonPressedEvent
// Purchase:  ProductSelectedEvent, PurchasePressedEvent, PurchaseSucceededEvent,
//            PurchaseCancelledEvent, PurchaseFailedEvent, PurchaseRestoredEvent,
//            PurchaseRestoreFailedEvent, PurchasePendingEvent
// System:    InitializeStartEvent, PaywallsDownloadSuccessEvent,
//            PaywallsDownloadErrorEvent, PaywallWebViewRenderedEvent

Available Events

Paywall and Purchase Events

Event Name	Description	Parameters
paywallOpen	Fires when a paywall is displayed	triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow viewType (String) - presented, triggered, or embedded loadTimeTakenMS (Number, optional) - Loading time in milliseconds loadingBudgetMS (Number, optional) - Loading budget in milliseconds timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallClose	Fires when a paywall is closed (removed from view hierarchy). Fires on both explicit dismissal AND purchase success	triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallDismissed	Fires when paywall is explicitly dismissed by user	triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow dismissAll (Boolean) - Whether entire paywall stack dismissed timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallSkipped	Fires if paywall display is skipped due to targeting or workflow configuration	triggerName (String) - Associated trigger timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallButtonPressed	Fires when a non-purchase button is pressed	buttonName (String) - Button identifier triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallWebViewRendered	Fires when the paywall content has finished rendering	triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow webviewRenderTimeTakenMS (Number, optional) - Time to render in milliseconds timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
productSelected	Fires when a user selects a product on the paywall	productId (String) - Product identifier triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
purchasePressed	Fires when a purchase button is pressed in the paywall	productId (String) - Product being purchased triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
purchaseSucceeded	Fires when a purchase is successfully completed.	productId (String) - Product identifier triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow storeKitTransactionId (String, optional) - Transaction ID storeKitOriginalTransactionId (String, optional) - Original transaction ID skPostPurchaseTxnTimeMS (Number, optional) - Post-purchase transaction time timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
purchaseCancelled	Fires when the purchase process is cancelled by the user	productId (String) - Product that was cancelled triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
purchaseFailed	Fires when the purchase fails for any reason	productId (String) - Product that failed triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow error (String, optional) - Error message timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
purchaseRestored	Fires when a previous purchase is successfully restored	productId (String) - Restored product ID triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
purchaseRestoreFailed	Fires when an attempt to restore purchases fails	triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
purchasePending	Fires when purchase is in a pending state (e.g. waiting for parental approval)	productId (String) - Pending product triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow timestamp (Number) - When event occurred

System Events

Event Name	Description	Parameters
initializeStart	Fires when SDK initialization is started	timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallsDownloadSuccess	Fires when Helium paywalls downloaded and initialized successfully	downloadTimeTakenMS (Number, optional) - Config download time in milliseconds imagesDownloadTimeTakenMS (Number, optional) - Images download time in milliseconds fontsDownloadTimeTakenMS (Number, optional) - Fonts download time in milliseconds bundleDownloadTimeMS (Number, optional) - Bundle download time in milliseconds numAttempts (Number, optional) - Number of attempts made timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallsDownloadError	Fires when paywalls download failed	error (String) - Error description numAttempts (Number, optional) - Number of attempts made timestamp (Number) - When event occurred
paywallOpenFailed	Fires if a paywall fails to open and fallback fails to show	triggerName (String) - Associated trigger paywallName (String) - Paywall name isSecondTry (Boolean) - True if paywall is “second try” flow error (String) - Error message describing failure timestamp (Number) - When event occurred

Experiment Events

Event Name	Description	Parameters
userAllocated	Fires once per user upon the first experimental paywall open.	type (String) - “userAllocated” experimentInfo (Object) - Complete experiment allocation data (see below) timestamp (Number) - When allocation occurred

Accessing ExperimentInfo from Events

iOS

All paywall events (any event that implements PaywallContextEvent) provide a getExperimentInfo() method to access experiment allocation data on-demand:

func onPaywallEvent(_ event: HeliumEvent) {
    // Access experiment info from any paywall event
    if let openEvent = event as? PaywallOpenEvent,
       let experimentInfo = openEvent.getEventExperimentInfo() {
        print("Variant: \(experimentInfo.chosenVariantDetails?.allocationIndex ?? 0)")
        print("Experiment: \(experimentInfo.experimentName ?? "none")")
    }
    
    // Track which variant led to purchase
    if let purchaseEvent = event as? PurchaseSucceededEvent,
       let experimentInfo = purchaseEvent.getEventExperimentInfo() {
        analytics.track("conversion", variant: experimentInfo.chosenVariantDetails?.allocationIndex)
    }
}

You can also access experiment info directly by trigger:

if let experimentInfo = Helium.shared.getExperimentInfoForTrigger("onboarding") {
    print("Variant: \(experimentInfo.chosenVariantDetails?.allocationIndex ?? 0)")
}

Fetch experiments for this user

You can also fetch all experiments for the current user with a few methods available on the Helium top level object. Make sure to call these methods after Helium.shared.initialize()

// Gets all experiments for which this user is eligible
func allExperiments() -> [ExperimentInfo]?

// Gets all experiments for which this user is eligible AND has already been enrolled
func enrolledExperiments() -> [ExperimentInfo]?

ExperimentInfo Structure

The experimentInfo object in the userAllocated event contains experiment allocation data. This event fires once per session when a user is assigned to an experiment variant, which happens on the first trigger the user sees.

Core Fields

Field	Type	Description
enrolledTrigger	String	The trigger where this user was enrolled in the experiment.

Experiment Details

Field	Type	Description
experimentName	String	Name of the experiment
experimentId	String	Unique identifier for the experiment. You can look this experiment id up in the Helium dashboard
experimentType	String	Type of experiment (“A/B/n test”)
startDate	String	When the experiment started (ISO8601 string)
endDate	String	When the experiment is scheduled to end (ISO8601 string)

Targeting Details

Field	Type	Description
audienceId	String	Audience ID that user matched (for lookup in Helium)
audienceData	String	Stringified JSON of the logged targeting logic. Useful for reference, though we recommend using the audience defined in the Helium dashboard.

Variant Details

Field	Type	Description
chosenVariantDetails	Object	Details about the assigned variant
chosenVariantDetails.allocationName	String	Variant name. This will be the paywall name for paywall A/B/n tests. More names to come soon!
chosenVariantDetails.allocationId	String	Variant UUID
chosenVariantDetails.allocationIndex	Integer	Variant number (0-indexed)

Hash Details

These fields provide information about how the user was deterministically assigned to a variant.

Field	Type	Description
hashDetails	Object	Hash bucketing information
hashDetails.hashedUserIdBucket1To100	Integer	User’s hash bucket (1-100) - deterministic value for consistent variant assignment
hashDetails.hashedUserId	String	The actual user ID that was hashed (either the userId or heliumPersistentId depending on hashMethod)
hashDetails.hashMethod	String	Hash method used: - "HASH_USER_ID": we’re hashing the user id passed into Helium.initialize() - "HASH_HELIUM_PERSISTENT_ID": We’re hashing a persistent device ID (does NOT persist across re-installs)

Logged Events

All Helium events (see the full list above) get logged to your analytics backend automatically with automatic event forwarding, along with the parameters listed there. Each event’s parameters will usually show up as event properties.

Event names and properties might show up as underscored/camelcase/JSON, depending on the platform.

In addition, all lifecycle, paywall, downloadSuccess, and experimental events will include contextual and custom traits as event parameters:

Contextual Traits

Helium automatically and securely collects device and software attributes:

• Locale: country, currency, currency symbol, language, preferred languages, time zone, decimal separator, uses metric system
• Screen: brightness, bounds, native bounds, scale, native scale, dark mode enabled
• Device: device identifier, orientation, system name, system version, device model, interface idiom, storage capacity
• Application: version, build number, app name, Helium SDK version, environment

Custom Traits

Custom user traits included in the Helium.initialize() call also get sent as part of all events. If you pass custom user traits as part of a paywall presentation method call, these will override any custom traits of the same name passed in during initialize().