Firebase Analytics even show up in log but not on firebase console

Question

I am trying to integrate Firebase RemoteConfig and Analytics with my Android application. Remote configuration part is working but Analytics part is not working. Here is my build.gradle

   // Firebase configuration
   compile group:'com.google.firebase', name:'firebase-core', version: '9.4.0'
   compile group:'com.google.firebase', name:'firebase-config', version: '9.4.0'

   // Firebase analytics
   compile 'com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics:9.4.0'

Here is my Activity code.

 FirebaseAnalytics firebaseAnalytics = FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(this);
      firebaseAnalytics.setUserId("5107611364");
      firebaseAnalytics.setUserProperty("custom_user_property", "custom_user_proerty_value");

      Bundle bundle = new Bundle();
      bundle.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.ITEM_ID, "SomeID");
      bundle.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.ITEM_NAME, "SomeIDName");
      bundle.putString(FirebaseAnalytics.Param.CONTENT_TYPE, "IdType");
      firebaseAnalytics.logEvent(FirebaseAnalytics.Event.SELECT_CONTENT, bundle);

I am trying to publish customer property as well as the event but both of them are not working. I have enabled adb logging and I can see that custom event and property are published. These do not appear on the Firebase Analytics console even after 24hrs. I don't know what is wrong.

@Dentor I did add that property to the dashboard. But it still doesn't show up in stats. — Rakesh, Aug 03 '16 at 06:06
Just a comment on your dependencies. I doubt this is causing the problem. Firebase Analytics is in the `firebase-core` library. You don't need to include `play-services-analytics`. Ref [Getting Started Guide](https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/android/start/) — Bob Snyder, Aug 03 '16 at 14:02
I believe Getting-started documented is not updated correctly. In the document they mention that they are using 9.2.1 but in sample app which is present on [github](https://github.com/firebase/quickstart-android/blob/master/analytics/app/build.gradle#L29-L36) they are using 9.4.0 and they have not included the core library. I believe they have removed the core library and put the classes in analytics library. — Rakesh, Aug 03 '16 at 15:17
Yes, I see your point and wasn't aware of that. Still, you are including `play-services-analytics`. Did you intend to include `firebase-analytics` as is done in the sample app? — Bob Snyder, Aug 03 '16 at 15:48
@qbix My bad, I didn't realized that you are pointing to `play-services-analytics`. I have changed it to `firebase-analytics`. I am testing now hopefully it will appear after sometime. I will post the update here after few hours. — Rakesh, Aug 03 '16 at 15:53
@qbix I didn't see any changes in the analytics log. Logs lines are looking exactly the same as it was before. — Rakesh, Aug 03 '16 at 15:59
Do you have a recent version of Google Play Services installed on your device? I think others have seen similar problems when GPS was not installed or was an old version. — Bob Snyder, Aug 03 '16 at 17:02
Sometimes it takes a couple of hours for the events to be registered in the firebase console. — dazza5000, Aug 03 '16 at 18:25
@qbix I have the latest version of google play but it still doesn't work. — Rakesh, Aug 04 '16 at 05:32
@dazza5000 it already been more than 12 hours and I have not seen that event on the Firebase console. — Rakesh, Aug 04 '16 at 05:32
Another guess: Maybe there is something wrong with your `google-services.json` file. In the `adb` log output, there are FA-SVC messages output when a bundle of event data is uploaded. The bundle params include `gmp_app_id`, `app_id`, and `firebase_instance_id`. Do the values of those params look right? — Bob Snyder, Aug 04 '16 at 14:25
The [Google Services Gradle Plugin documentation](https://developers.google.com/android/guides/google-services-plugin) is helpful for understanding the contents and processing of `google-services.json`. — Bob Snyder, Aug 04 '16 at 18:10

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 25 '17 at 16:28

@Rakesh - you are looking in the wrong location. You are supplying customID feilds, in your example you are supplying CONTENT_TYPE : IdType. You don't need a minimum of 10 users to see the data...if you only have 1 user that data will appear within 24 hours of that user using your app.

I will say this, initially finding your own custom IDs is not very straight forward...it took me a while to find it too.

The place to find that custom reported info is: Anaylytics - Events - once on this page, click on the actual CONTENT_TYPE you are wishing to track, in your example above, it would be idType

Then on the Content graph you will see your customIDs (ie: someID)...click on someID. In my case (and in my screenshots) my equivelant someIDs are "field, button & select"

and then you will see all the data related to the values (someIDName) you passed into someID.

Now, if idType is not appearing for you then that may because Firebase isn't allowing you to create your own CONTENT_TYPE, I am not certain if you can do that as I have not tried...and in that case you would need to use a predefined CONTENT_TYPE. I am not using a custom idType, I am using CONTENT_TYPE : select_content.

Firebase Analytics even show up in log but not on firebase console

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