If you manage multiple websites or apps, you probably share my frustration with Google Analytics 4 (GA4). Checking the real-time active users across five different projects means opening five tabs, clicking through dropdowns, and waiting for properties to load.
It’s tedious. So, as developers do, I decided to build my own solution: LiveStack GA.
LiveStack is a native Android dashboard that aggregates the real-time active user count from ALL your selected GA4 properties into a single, live-updating screen.
Here is a breakdown of how I built it, the tech stack I used, and the absolute nightmare of getting an OAuth-based app approved by Google Play Reviewers.
I needed to build a highly responsive, data-heavy dashboard rapidly, so I went with:
