I using Ionic 2 to create my app, also I am using the cordova-plugin-firebase for analytics.
The plugin works great and I am seeing events in my firebase dashboard.
But I am unable to see the event parameters that I send.
As mentioned in the docs of the plugin I am using the following code to log events and event Params.
window.FirebasePlugin.logEvent("page_view", {page: "dashboard"});
Going through the Firebase docs it is mentioned that Event Params are not shown directly but should appear after setting up "audiences"
Custom parameters: Custom parameters are not represented directly in your Analytics reports, but they can be used as filters in audience definitions that can be applied to every report. Custom parameters are also included in data exported to BigQuery if your app is linked to a BigQuery project.
I found the way to set up audiences here. But am not able to figure our how to set them up.
Any help in this regard is appreciated.
Don't forget, Firebase for Ionic is very young (0.1.17).
I have the same problem than you, maybe the plugin does not send the "value" parameter.
Also the Firebase doc say :
custom param is include in BigQuery.
You can activate it in Analytics > Events.
I have not yet tested this way.
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plugin : https://github.com/arnesson/cordova-plugin-firebase
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We are starting to migrate from Google Analytics to Firebase Analytics as it is going to be deprecated in a year. We have a need of initializing the firebase project runtime in our iOS application and we are following the steps mentioned here: https://firebase.google.com/docs/projects/multiprojects?authuser=0
Why do we need to initialize the firebase manually and at runtime? The details are in this issue: Switching between different firebase projects (runtime) in one single APK file
I posted that issue when we encountered a similar problem for push notifications on Android because at that time the documentation was not sufficient. It is really good to know that firebase documentation has been updated to reflect how to manually initialize the sdk for various platforms.
Problem: The problem that we are facing today is that once we initialize the SDK manually for say a "secondary" application and we try to use the firebase analytics, it fails with following error:
2018-12-20 17:14:33.526757-0800 App Name[9218:675367] 5.2.0 - [Firebase/Analytics][I-ACS025018] Event not logged. Call +[FIRApp configure]: AppLaunch
Below is the sample piece of code:
FIROptions *firoptions = [[FIROptions alloc] initWithGoogleAppID:#"Actual_GoogleAppId" GCMSenderID:#"Actual_GCMSenderId"];
firoptions.bundleID = #"actual.bundle.id";
firoptions.APIKey = #"actual-api-key";
firoptions.clientID = #"actual.client.id";
firoptions.databaseURL = #"https://actual.url";
firoptions.storageBucket = #"actualapp.appspot.com";
[FIRApp configureWithName:#"testApp" options:firoptions];
if ([FIRApp appNamed:#"testApp"]) {
[FIRAnalytics logEventWithName:#"AppLaunch" parameters:nil];
}
Looking at the error it tells us to use [FIRApp configure] which configures the default application from the GoogleService-Info.plist in the project. But we do not have GoogleService-Info.plist in our project as suggested in https://firebase.google.com/docs/projects/multiprojects?authuser=0.
TL;DR: We are initializing the firebase app manually in our iOS application using the API [FIRApp configureWithName:#"testApp" options:firoptions]; and the Firebase Analytics gives an error asking us to use default [FIRApp configure] which defeats the purpose of manual initialization.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Firebase Analytics requires the file to be named GoogleService-Info.plist. Note the first paragraph of https://firebase.google.com/docs/projects/multiprojects?authuser=0 recommends differentiating multiple versions of it by putting them in different directories.
More details about FirebaseAnalytics and multiple plist files at https://github.com/firebase/firebase-ios-sdk/issues/230
If I install the app when clicking the dynamic link. All of that information from dynamic should be still available when I open the app for the first time.How can I get that information? It is not working when I use this: getInitialLink() returns Promise<string|null>;
Since, you haven't mentioned - I'm assuming you are having problems with shorter urls, if that's the case try putting the longer url.
Or refer here on Simon's answer: When I use the long instead of short links, everything works perfectly fine.
On Android, you use the getInvitation() method to get data from the Dynamic Link:
AppInvite.AppInviteApi.getInvitation(mGoogleApiClient, this, false).setResultCallback
(/* ... */);
Then, in the callback, you can get the data passed in the Dynamic Links link parameter by calling the getDeepLink() method:
Firebase Documentation - Use Case
For future reference or detailed answer on Firebase Dynamic Links
Behave just like normal Links
In cases where the application doesn’t require installation (say, if it’s already installed) then clicking the Dynamic Link will automatically open the link to the desired screen.
Dynamic Links have a very simple process flow:
The user begins by clicking the Dynamic Link
If the the needs of the Dynamic Link target are satisfied (this is, the application being installed) then the user is navigated to the target location
Otherwise, if the application requires install in order to navigate
to the Dynamic Link target, the the user is taken to the point of
install for the application. Once the application has been installed,
the user is navigated to the target location of the Dynamic Link
And if that wasn’t all, we can integrate Dynamic Links with Firebase Analytics to track the interaction with any links that we generate for our applications. But if we only require simple tracking, then we can use the automatic built-in analytics from the Dynamic Links panel within the Firebase Console where we can also obtain attribution and referrer information for interacted links with no extra effort required from our side.
What makes it different from Google Analytics?
One of the first things that came to my mind when I read about Firebase Analytics was, “What about my Google Analytics setup?”. So if you already have Google Analytics in place, then why would you make the switch to Firebase Analytics? Well, here’s a couple of differences between the two:
Audiences
We can use Firebase Analytics to create Audiences — these are groups of users that we can then interact with using other Firebase service such as Firebase Notifications and / or Firebase Remote Config.
Integration with other Firebase Services
An awesome thing with Firebase Analytics is that we can integrate other Firebase services with analytics. For example, creating an Audience of users who have experienced a crash reported through Firebase Crash Reporting.
Lower Method Count
The Google Analytics dependency on Android has a total count of 18,607 methods and has a total of 4kb used for dependancies. On the other hand, Firebase Core (for Analytics) has a method count of 15,130 and only 1kb used for dependancies.
Automatic Tracking
When we add the firebase core dependency, it will automatically begin tracking a collection of user engagement events and device information for us — this is useful if you’re looking to only collect the minimal data for your app.
Unlimited Reporting
For up to 500 events, Firebase Analytics provides us with unlimited reporting straight out of the box for free!
No Singleton Initialisation
When setting up Google Analytics on Android we are required to initialize a Singleton instance. Firebase Analytics are simply available by fetching the instance directly from where we wish to track data. This isn’t much effort obviously but just makes the setup flow slightly easier.
Single Console
All of the data for every Firebase service is available for a single console. That makes it both easier and quicker for us to navigate from checking the analytic stats for our app to viewing the latest crash reports.
It looks like this is a react-native-firebase open bug for android
For fix the only thing that is required to be changed in module code:
private boolean isInvitation(PendingDynamicLinkData pendingDynamicLinkData) {
return FirebaseAppInvite.getInvitation(pendingDynamicLinkData) != null;
}
to
private boolean isInvitation(PendingDynamicLinkData pendingDynamicLinkData) {
FirebaseAppInvite invite = FirebaseAppInvite.getInvitation(pendingDynamicLinkData);
if (invite != null && invite.getInvitationId() != null && !invite.getInvitationId().isEmpty()) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
Bug reference : https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/issues/1273
Please Check Your Manifest file
open AndroidManifest.file => In your activity tag there is intent-filter tag put below line in that tag.
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="your.dynamic.link" />
<data android:scheme="http" android:host="your.dynamic.link" />
If already done then check this link for the full blog on the dynamic link with react native.
Link: http://blog.logicwind.com/react-native-dynamic-links-using-firebase/
I hope this will help. sorry for the typos.
I am using the Android SDK to send data to Google Analytics. In this project I cannot use Firebase nor GTM. I should send hits directly to GA. I have already implemented everything, events included. But I cannot create Content Groupings. I think that the follow code is deprecated, isn't it?
mTracker tracker = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(this).getTracker("UA-XXXXXXXX-X");
mTracker.set(contentGroup(1), "Level");
Which is the correct implementation for creating Content Grouping with the Android SDK without using other platforms (I mean sending everything directly to GA)?
Thanks a lot.
I'm using this code to analyse the sign_up method user is using:
Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
bundle.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.SIGN_UP_METHOD, "sign_up_method");
mFirebaseAnalytics.logEvent(FirebaseAnalytics.Event.SIGN_UP, bundle);
as soon as the user sign up, above given code is supposed to save the event in the Firebase console.
The problem is that the event is getting created but the there's nothing under the value column, i.e., sign_up_method is not getting shown.
Here's a snapshot from the console (event name: sign_up is there but in place of the sign_up_method, there is a -):
What's going wrong here?
Please let me know.
I asked the same question from the Firebase Support Team and they told me that
Unfortunately, not all parameters are represented directly in your
Analytics reports. It is only available on a subset of suggested
events. But they can be used as filters in Audience definitions for
every report. They are also included in data exported to BigQuery if
your app is linked to a BigQuery project.
So, either link your app to BigQuery or get satisfied with what Firebase has to provide.
Please check the Firebase Analytics docs for this. Looks like you are incorrectly setting the parameter as FirebaseAnalytics.Param.SIGN_UP_METHOD
It should be FirebaseAnalytics.Param.METHOD instead
I am implementing GTM in Android project which will not use GoogleAnalytics SDK or Adword SDK,but I want data in Google Analytics and Adword.
In order to achieve this,
I have implemented Google Anaytics tag in GTM,Added Rule {Always},
Screen Name data is being sent to GTM which is reflected in Analytics,This is tested and working properly
I need InstallReferrals for Application which also should manage through GTM.
To achieve this,
Added a tag in GTM for Adword with the type Adword Remarketing,
Added ConversionId and label from Adword.
Added tagmanager.InstallReferralService and tagmanager.InstallReferralReceiver to Android manifest.xml.
According to source code of InstallReferralService it passes data to CampaignTrackingService of Analytics,which should upload data to Adword and Google Analytics.
But I am unable to get any data.
Please correct me if I am doing anything wrong in this process.
I also need Adword Conversion Tracking to be used through GTM without Adword SDK.
Not sure how to achieve this.