Integrating Google Analytics into GWT application

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This should be totally simple but I can't get it working no matter what I try. I'm trying to use Google Analytics with GWT application. From what I understood, there are two way to do it:

First is synchronous, by inserting tracking code at the end of <head> section HTML page and then calling this method:

public static native void recordAnalyticsHit(String pageName) /*-{
    pageTracker._trackPageview(pageName);
}-*/;

Second is asynchronous, by inserting tracking code just after <body> tag and then calling this method:

public static native void recordAnalyticsHit(String pageName) /*-{
    _gaq.push(['_trackPageview(' + pageName + ')']);
}-*/;

When running each of those methods, however, I get this exceptions in hosted mode:

[ERROR] [myproject] Uncaught exception escaped
com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (ReferenceError): pageTracker is not defined

[ERROR] [myproject] Uncaught exception escaped
com.google.gwt.core.client.JavaScriptException: (ReferenceError): _gaq is not defined

When observing site in Firebug, I see that ga.js gets loaded, but that's about it.

Did anyone get Analytics working with GWT? Also, does _gaq accept page name as trackPageview parameter, since all the examples I've seen use this call:

_gaq.push(['_trackPageview()']);

(Of course, that also doesn't work for me.)

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