BuildConfig.DEBUG remains true

Question

I've read the other questions about it here.
And I cleaned my source and set android:debuggable to false.
The only result is the warning, that I should not hardcode this.

And of course BuildConfig.DEBUG remains true!

Who knows really why and what to do?

Answer 1

I've also seen reports of BuildConfig.DEBUG being unreliable, although I have not used it.

I have successfuly used:

    //Figure out if we are in debug mode or not
    boolean debugMode = (0 != (getApplicationInfo().flags & ApplicationInfo.FLAG_DEBUGGABLE));

Which reads the debuggable tag in AndroidManifest.xml.

Also, there is a Lint warning that goes further by saying, don't set that tag, android will figure it out for you.

Answer 2

When you do a proper export of an apk, it should set it to false. Not sure if it matters if it is signed or not.