expo: Unable to record Android screen_name in FirebaseAnalytics in Expo SDK 44

Summary

When I use Expo SDK 44 on Android and FirebaseAnalytics.logEvent('screen_view', { ... }), the screen view is not recorded.

Description

In the following PR, setCurrentScreen has been deprecated. The following PR deprecates setCurrentScreen, which sends screen_view in logEvent(), but it doesn’t work on Android.

https://github.com/expo/expo/pull/14366

The ability to send screen_view events with logEvent() will be available in iOS SDK since 6.29.0 and Android SDK since 17.5.0. In expo-firebase-analytics, we are using iOS SDK 7.7.0 and Android SDK 17.2.1. Therefore, the screen_view event can be sent on iOS, but not on Android.

Recent updates to the Firebase SDK (6.29.0 on iOS and 17.5.0 on Android) allow you to disable automatic screen tracking and manually log the screen_view event when it makes sense, regardless of your app’s design. https://adswerve.com/blog/a-new-approach-to-firebase-screenview-tracking/

In fact, when I sent the screen_view event on Android as shown below, I got the following error in Logcat. (I’m using Managed workflow, but I did $ expo run:android -d to see the Logcat log)

          await Analytics.logEvent('screen_view', { screen_name: 'TabTwo' });

or

          await Analytics.setCurrentScreen('TabTwo');

Scope of influence

The following environments are likely to be affected

• Expo SDK 44
• Android

Probably not reproduced in Expo SDK 43 and below (not confirmed).

How to fix

Update the Firebase SDK for Android to 17.5.0 or higher.

Managed or bare workflow? If you have ios/ or android/ directories in your project, the answer is bare!

managed

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android

SDK Version (managed workflow only)

44

Environment

  Expo CLI 5.0.3 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 11.6
      Shell: 5.8 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 16.13.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.2/bin/node
      npm: 8.1.2 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v16.13.2/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    Managers:
      CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /Users/syamamoto/.anyenv/envs/rbenv/shims/pod
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 14.5, DriverKit 20.4, macOS 11.3, tvOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 27, 28, 29, 30
        Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.2, 29.0.3, 30.0.0, 30.0.1, 30.0.2, 30.0.3
        System Images: android-29 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google Play Intel x86 Atom_64
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.3 AI-182.5107.16.33.5264788
      Xcode: 12.5.1/12E507 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      expo: ~44.0.0 => 44.0.5 
      react: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 
      react-dom: 17.0.1 => 17.0.1 
      react-native: 0.64.3 => 0.64.3 
      react-native-web: 0.17.1 => 0.17.1 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      expo-cli: 5.0.3
    Expo Workflow: bare

Reproducible demo

nothing