What is the difference between a web implementation of Firebase analytics?

[braincomb]

Hi Robin,

I am looking to integrate Firebase analytics into my Capacitor app and saw that there are some Capacitor plugins such as this one.

My question is, since a Capacitor app is basically a WebView on the client facing side, could we not just simply use the web implementation of Firebase analytics, i.e.:

import { getAnalytics } from "firebase/analytics";
const firebaseApp = initializeApp(firebaseConfig);
const analytics = getAnalytics(firebaseApp);

And then just call web methods.

Is there any added benefit to using a Capacitor plugin specifically?

Appreciate any insight.

Thanks!

[robingenz]

Hi @braincomb,
It depends on what you want to do with Firebase Analytics.
Basically, the Firebase JavaScript SDK is all you need.
However, as far as I know, additional data from other Firebase products is also collected via Firebase Analytics.
For example, from Firebase Cloud Messaging (see docs).
Also, I'm not sure if the native SDKs on Android and iOS handle states like no network connection etc. better.

I hope this helps you a bit.