Implementation of Firebase Performance Monitoring
In this tutorial, you will learn how to implement Firebase Performance monitoring in your Android project.
What is Firebase Performance Monitoring
Firebase Performance Monitoring is a service that helps you to gain insight into the performance characteristics of your iOS, Android, and web apps.
You use the Performance Monitoring SDK to collect performance data from your app, then review and analyze that data in the Firebase console. Performance Monitoring helps you to understand where and when the performance of your app can be improved so that you can use that information to fix performance issues.
It is very important to have it in your app especially if you want your app to grow in the right direction, below are the benefits of it.
Benefits of Performance Monitoring
When you add the Performance Monitoring SDK, Firebase automatically starts collecting data for several common processes in your app thereby it does the following.
- Helps you improve the performance of your app
- It shows you performance metrics
- it's lightweight
Getting started
follow the guide below to set up performance monitoring
Step 1: Connect/Create your project to Firebase
Learn how to connect /create a firebase project in this link https://wise4rmgodadmob.medium.com/how-to-connect-your-android-studio-project-to-firebase-a5f5c4d67e87
Step 2: Add the Performance Monitoring SDK to your app
to add the necessary dependencies click “Add Performance Monitoring ”
Click on “Accept Changes” to add them to your dependencies
Goto the firebase console
At this point, you will have to wait for a few minutes so that your project will be detected.
In a few minutes time, you will start seeing the results
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