Get started with Google Analytics

This article shows you how to configure an application to use Google Analytics. To configure a website to use Analytics, see Set up Analytics for a website and/or app.

Before you begin

Add Firebase to your Android project and make sure that Analytics is enabled in your Firebase project:

  • If you're creating a new Firebase project, enable Analytics during the project creation workflow.

  • If you're using an existing Firebase project that doesn't have Analytics enabled, go to the Integrations tab of your > Project settings to enable it.

    When you enable Analytics in your project, your Firebase apps are linked to Analytics data streams.

Add the Analytics SDK to your app

  1. Using the Firebase Android BoM, declare the dependency for the Analytics Android library in your module (app-level) Gradle file (usually app/build.gradle).

    Java

    dependencies {
    // Import the BoM for the Firebase platform
    implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:29.3.0')

    // Declare the dependency for the Analytics library
    // When using the BoM, you don't specify versions in Firebase library dependencies
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics'
}

    Kotlin

    dependencies {
    // Import the BoM for the Firebase platform
    implementation platform('com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:29.3.0')

    // Declare the dependency for the Analytics library
    // When using the BoM, you don't specify versions in Firebase library dependencies
    implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics-ktx'
}

  2. Declare the com.google.firebase.analytics.FirebaseAnalytics object at the top of your activity:

    Java

    private FirebaseAnalytics mFirebaseAnalytics;

    Kotlin

    private lateinit var firebaseAnalytics: FirebaseAnalytics

  3. Initialize it in the onCreate() method:

    Java

    // Obtain the FirebaseAnalytics instance.
mFirebaseAnalytics = FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(this);

    Kotlin

    // Obtain the FirebaseAnalytics instance.
firebaseAnalytics = Firebase.analytics

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