Android Firebase Analytics events dont display on console

Question

I have integrated firebase analytics in My android project. I am trying to capture screen visit events like.

    Bundle params = new Bundle();
    params.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.ITEM_CATEGORY, "Custom  screen");
    params.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.ITEM_NAME,"Custom screen name");
    mFirebaseAnalytics.logEvent(FirebaseAnalytics.Event.VIEW_ITEM, params);

I have also tried from the google sample project with this code

    Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
    bundle.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.ITEM_ID, "1");
    bundle.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.ITEM_NAME, "test name");
    bundle.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.CONTENT_TYPE, "image");
    mFirebaseAnalytics.logEvent(FirebaseAnalytics.Event.SELECT_CONTENT, bundle); 

My debug logs are showing that events are successfully posted.

09-19 14:22:15.364 I/FA      ( 3313): App measurement is starting up, version: 9452
09-19 14:22:15.364 I/FA      ( 3313): To enable debug logging run: adb shell setprop log.tag.FA VERBOSE
09-19 14:22:15.364 D/FA      ( 3313): Debug logging enabled
09-19 14:22:15.365 D/FA      ( 3313): AppMeasurement singleton hash: 233567450
09-19 14:22:15.383 V/FA      ( 3313): Collection enabled
09-19 14:22:15.383 V/FA      ( 3313): App package, google app id: com.prabhu.test, 1:64059382301:android:4262dc7062227fc8
09-19 14:22:15.393 V/FA      ( 3313): Registered activity lifecycle callback
09-19 14:22:15.403 V/FA      ( 3313): Using measurement service
09-19 14:22:15.404 V/FA      ( 3313): Connecting to remote service
09-19 14:22:15.433 V/FA      ( 3313): onActivityCreated
09-19 14:22:15.529 I/FA      ( 3313): Tag Manager is not found and thus will not be used
09-19 14:22:15.529 D/FA      ( 3313): Logging event (FE): select_content, Bundle[{item_name=test name, _o=app, content_type=image, item_id=1}]
09-19 14:22:15.530 V/FA      ( 3313): Using measurement service
09-19 14:22:15.530 V/FA      ( 3313): Connection attempt already in progress
09-19 14:22:15.532 D/FA      ( 3313): Logging event (FE): view_item, Bundle[{item_name=Custom screen name, _o=app, item_category=Custom  screen}]
09-19 14:22:15.532 V/FA      ( 3313): Using measurement service
09-19 14:22:15.532 V/FA      ( 3313): Connection attempt already in progress
09-19 14:22:15.532 V/FA      ( 3313): Activity resumed, time: 273496560
09-19 14:22:15.698 D/FA      ( 3313): Connected to remote service
09-19 14:22:15.698 V/FA      ( 3313): Processing queued up service tasks: 3
09-19 14:22:15.751 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Logging event: origin=app,name=select_content,params=Bundle[mParcelledData.dataSize=168]
09-19 14:22:15.766 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Saving event, name, data size: select_content, 79
09-19 14:22:15.768 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Event recorded: Event{appId='com.prabhu.test', name='select_content', params=Bundle[{item_name=test name, _o=app, content_type=image, item_id=1}]}
09-19 14:22:16.168 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 2557230
09-19 14:22:16.171 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Background event processing time, ms: 423
09-19 14:22:16.171 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Logging event: origin=app,name=view_item,params=Bundle[mParcelledData.dataSize=176]
09-19 14:22:16.175 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Saving event, name, data size: view_item, 84
09-19 14:22:16.175 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Event recorded: Event{appId='com.prabhu.test', name='view_item', params=Bundle[{item_name=Custom screen name, _o=app, item_category=Custom  screen}]}
09-19 14:22:16.212 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 2557187
09-19 14:22:16.215 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Background event processing time, ms: 44
09-19 14:22:20.723 V/FA      ( 3313): Inactivity, disconnecting from AppMeasurementService
09-19 14:22:22.384 V/FA      ( 3313): Activity paused, time: 273503415
09-19 14:22:23.515 V/FA      ( 3313): onActivityCreated
09-19 14:22:23.531 D/FA      ( 3313): Logging event (FE): select_content, Bundle[{item_name=test name, _o=app, content_type=image, item_id=1}]
09-19 14:22:23.531 V/FA      ( 3313): Using measurement service
09-19 14:22:23.531 V/FA      ( 3313): Connecting to remote service
09-19 14:22:23.539 D/FA      ( 3313): Logging event (FE): view_item, Bundle[{item_name=Custom screen name, _o=app, item_category=Custom  screen}]
09-19 14:22:23.539 V/FA      ( 3313): Using measurement service
09-19 14:22:23.539 V/FA      ( 3313): Connection attempt already in progress
09-19 14:22:23.539 V/FA      ( 3313): Activity resumed, time: 273504562
09-19 14:22:23.594 D/FA      ( 3313): Connected to remote service
09-19 14:22:23.594 V/FA      ( 3313): Processing queued up service tasks: 2
09-19 14:22:23.602 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Saving event, name, data size: select_content, 79
09-19 14:22:23.603 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Event recorded: Event{appId='com.prabhu.test', name='select_content', params=Bundle[{item_name=test name, _o=app, content_type=image, item_id=1}]}
09-19 14:22:23.630 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 2549768
09-19 14:22:23.632 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Background event processing time, ms: 35
09-19 14:22:23.632 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Logging event: origin=app,name=view_item,params=Bundle[mParcelledData.dataSize=176]
09-19 14:22:23.636 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Saving event, name, data size: view_item, 84
09-19 14:22:23.636 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Event recorded: Event{appId='com.prabhu.test', name='view_item', params=Bundle[{item_name=Custom screen name, _o=app, item_category=Custom  screen}]}
09-19 14:22:23.648 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 2549750
09-19 14:22:23.651 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Background event processing time, ms: 18
09-19 14:22:26.687 V/FA      ( 3313): Session started, time: 273507718
09-19 14:22:26.699 D/FA      ( 3313): Logging event (FE): _s, Bundle[{_o=auto}]
09-19 14:22:26.709 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Logging event: origin=auto,name=_s,params=Bundle[mParcelledData.dataSize=36]
09-19 14:22:26.738 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Saving event, name, data size: _s, 19
09-19 14:22:26.739 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Event recorded: Event{appId='com.prabhu.test', name='_s', params=Bundle[{_o=auto}]}
09-19 14:22:26.754 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 2546644
09-19 14:22:26.757 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Background event processing time, ms: 48
09-19 14:22:31.717 V/FA      ( 3313): Inactivity, disconnecting from AppMeasurementService
09-19 14:24:23.422 V/FA      ( 3313): Activity paused, time: 273624439
09-19 14:24:24.423 D/FA      ( 3313): Application backgrounded. Logging engagement
09-19 14:24:24.427 D/FA      ( 3313): Logging event (FE): _e, Bundle[{_o=auto, _et=126732}]
09-19 14:24:24.427 V/FA      ( 3313): Using measurement service
09-19 14:24:24.428 V/FA      ( 3313): Connecting to remote service
09-19 14:24:24.444 D/FA      ( 3313): Connected to remote service
09-19 14:24:24.444 V/FA      ( 3313): Processing queued up service tasks: 1
09-19 14:24:24.450 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Logging event: origin=auto,name=_e,params=Bundle[mParcelledData.dataSize=60]
09-19 14:24:24.480 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Saving event, name, data size: _e, 30
09-19 14:24:24.481 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Event recorded: Event{appId='com.prabhu.test', name='_e', params=Bundle[{_o=auto, _et=126732}]}
09-19 14:24:24.500 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 2428898
09-19 14:24:24.505 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Background event processing time, ms: 56
09-19 14:24:29.455 V/FA      ( 3313): Inactivity, disconnecting from AppMeasurementService

But , In my firebase analytics console events are not shown.

Please help me whats wrong with me? FYI, For the same Google Firebase Analytics Project, events are shown from IOS app.

Answer 1

Look at the log:

09-19 14:22:16.168 V/FA-SVC  (10602): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 2557230

2557230 ms means 42 min 37 sec

Then also they seem to generate the reports regularly but not realtime.

https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/android/events

You can view aggregrated statistics about your events in the Firebase console dashboards. These dashboards update periodically throughout the day. For immediate testing, use the logcat output as described in the previous section.

UPDATE:

See this answer from Steve Ganem, Product Manager for Firebase Analytics:

There is currently no way to manually override these settings. However, we recognize the need to see your reporting more quickly and we hope to address this need soon.

BUT, on the same thread Yoxi found a way to force initial upload sooner by clearing application data. I just did myself and I could see the initial upload. But that doesn't seem to make the data visible in the Firebase console any sooner.

11-04 14:46:14.112 V/FA      (24746): Upload scheduled in approximately ms: 9028

Answer 2

You can run setprop adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app <package name>

for example adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app com.google.android.play.games

If you run this, firebase analytics events are uploaded in near real-time.

check this for more details

https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/debugview