Firebase Analytics Debug View does not show anything

Question

I linked my Android app with Firebase using Android Studio Which created and set my google-service.json into my project.

When i debug my event logging in logcat i go

Answer 1

For me the problem was using "package name" in the adb command as they suggest in the docs. But whay you must use is the applicationId of your build. Though they are the same a lot of times they can be different if you specify another appId in build.gradle file or add postfixes for some specific build variants.

I don't know why they always use the "package name" words for it, since it just means the way we organize our code.

Answer 2

As others have mentioned, I think commonly the issue here is using the wrong package name. I had this problem with an app I recently started collaborating on, and using the package attribute from AndroidManifest.xml wasn't working. I suspected that the build was appending something to the package name but couldn't find the place where this was defined. The simplest way I found to discover the actual package name was to launch "Attach debugger to Android process" in the top bar on Android Studio, which then shows a list of processes with their associated package names on the AVD. Sure enough, using the correctly-appended package name taken from this list did then cause Firebase Analytics Debug View to wake up.

Answer 3

After performing steps from Enabling debug mode, make sure that date and time on your debug device or emulator and on your PC is correct.

If after correcting the date and time events are still not showing on DebugView, clear the app storage. Then restart the app and try again.

Answer 4

Disable any ad-blocking mechanism in your debugging device. This was the problem here. I had AdAway enabled.

I know the question is old, however it may help someone.

Answer 5

Also make sure that you have the latest Google Play Services installed in the device/emulator or nothing is guaranteed to work.

If you go to the settings on your emulator, there is Update button for that. Unfortunately it requires you to sign-in via your Google account.

Answer 6

Test device setup

To enable sending of DebugView data on a connected Android test device for a configured Firebase Analytics app, you can follow the step below:

1. If you are simply working with single build variant, the following command is enough:

   adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app [your_app_package_name]
   

2. But if you are working with multiple build variants with different application IDs which are not the same as the app package name, be sure to execute the following command:

   adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app [your_application_id]
   

   Here, application ID is the app ID of your build variant found in the corresponding gradle file. For example, lets say you have x.gradle and y.gradle for two build variants x and y, and you also have the general build.gradle file. To debug the build variant x with application ID com.abc.x, the command will be:

   adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app com.abc.x
   

   Similarly, to debug the build variant y with application ID com.abc.y, the command will be:

   adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app com.abc.y
   

This behavior persists until you explicitly disable it by executing the following command:

adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app .none.