Disable Firebase in development mode in Android

Question

I am using Firebase in my android project. Wanted to know how to disable it in development mode. All crashes and usage/events are being logged and messing up with actual analytics.

Any better way to disable this in development mode?

Answer 1

Checkout https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics/configure-data-collection?platform=android

<meta-data android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated" android:value="true" />

To do this automatically add the following line to manifest:

 <meta-data
        android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated"
        android:value="@bool/FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_DEACTIVATED"/>

Set different value of boolean for debug and release in your app/build.gradle

buildTypes {
    debug {
        resValue("bool", "FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_DEACTIVATED", "true")
    }
    release {
        resValue("bool", "FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_DEACTIVATED", "false")
    }
}

Answer 2

Add this line to your manifest file while development.

<meta-data android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated" android:value="true" />

For more details check https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/disable-analytics

Answer 3

It would be better to separate your dev and prod environments instead of disabling things completely. You have options on how to implement this, so you can choose what suits your team the best. This blog post details your options: https://firebase.googleblog.com/2016/08/organizing-your-firebase-enabled-android-app-builds.html

Answer 4

    public class MyApp extends Application {
        public static boolean isDebuggable;

        public void onCreate() {
            super.onCreate();
            isDebuggable = (0 != (getApplicationInfo().flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_DEBUGGABLE));
            FirebaseCrash.setCrashCollectionEnabled(!isDebuggable);
        }
    }

Answer 5

Since Google Play Services / Firebase 11+, we can programmatically disable the Firebase Crashlytics at runtime.

FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().setCrashlyticsCollectionEnabled(false);

To disable Firebase Crashlytics in Debug builds:

FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().setCrashlyticsCollectionEnabled(!BuildConfig.DEBUG);

or for better readability:

if(BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
    FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().setCrashlyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
}