Analytics is one of the most valuable tools you can add to a mobile application. While building features is important, understanding how users interact with those features is what helps improve the overall user experience.
Many developers assume analytics is just about logging a few events. In reality, a well-planned analytics strategy provides insights that help product teams make informed decisions, identify user behavior patterns, and optimize the application over time.
In this guide, we'll walk through setting up Firebase Analytics in a React Native application and cover the essential tracking techniques every mobile developer should know.
Why Firebase Analytics?
Firebase Analytics is Google's free analytics solution for mobile and web applications. It is deeply integrated with Google Analytics 4 (GA4), making it easy to collect user behavior data and transform it into actionable insights.






