Master the Meta Developer Dashboard | Boost Engagement & Performance
You’ve launched your app—now what? Join Product Manager Dan Zhao and Partner Engineer Akash Phadtare for a comprehensive tour of the Meta Developer Dashboard, your command center for long-term success. This session provides a practical guide to the dashboard's most powerful tools, showing you how to deepen player engagement while also optimizing app performance.
💡 In this session, you’ll learn:
- How to use tools like Developer Posts, Notifications, and Destinations to increase player engagement and retention.
- How to diagnose performance issues and identify growth opportunities using Benchmarks, Funnel Analytics, and Crash Reporting.
- Best practices for implementing and managing add-on content (IAPs/DLCs) and a guide to reading crash logs to fix bugs faster.
🎙️ SPEAKERS
Akash Phadtare, Partner Engineer
Dan Zhao, Product Manager
▶️ VIDEO CHAPTERS
👋 Introduction
🕒 00:00 - Welcome & Speaker Introductions
🕒 00:47 - Agenda Overview
📈 Part 1: Deepening Player Engagement
🕒 02:39 - Why Engagement is the Most Important Metric
🕒 03:58 - Using Developer Posts for Updates & Communication
🕒 05:01 - A Guide to User Notifications & Targeting
🕒 07:23 - Using Destinations for Rich Presence & Discovery
🕒 09:07 - Managing User Reviews & Setting Alerts
🕒 11:15 - Technical Deep Dive: Implementing Destinations & Group Presence
🕒 14:25 - Technical Deep Dive: Implementing User Notifications
📊 Part 2: Analytics & Performance Optimization
🕒 17:11 - Using Analytics to Prioritize Your Work
🕒 17:41 - Benchmarks: Compare Your App's Performance
🕒 18:59 - Alerting: Set Custom Thresholds for Key Metrics
🕒 20:02 - Funnel Dashboard: Understanding User Conversion
🕒 21:06 - Crash Reporting: Understanding Real-World Performance
🕒 22:34 - Technical Deep Dive: How to Upload Debug Symbols & Read Stack Traces
💰 Part 3: Add-on Content & Monetization
🕒 27:13 - Overview: Consumables, Durables, and DLCs
🕒 29:19 - How to Test IAPs with Test Users & Credit Cards
🕒 29:55 - Technical Deep Dive: Server-to-Server APIs for Purchases
🕒 31:28 - Conclusion & Final Recommendations
📚 RESOURCES
➡️ Developers Blog: https://developers.meta.com/resources/blog/
➡️ Meta Quest Developer Hub: https://developers.meta.com/horizon/documentation/unity/ts-mqdh/
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💡 LEARN ABOUT THE META HORIZON START PROGRAM
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