Disable Google Analytics when in development

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My question is pretty simple: is there any way for Google Analytics to be disabled automatically when the application is signed with the debug certificate? Means it should be active only in release version. Thank you in advance.

possible duplicate of [Disable GoogleAnalytics from Android App when testing or developing](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12314357/disable-googleanalytics-from-android-app-when-testing-or-developing) — kiranpradeep, May 02 '15 at 14:13

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 21 '12 at 12:47

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If you're using ADT 17 and above, you can utilize the BuildConfig class:

if(BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
    GoogleAnalytics googleAnalytics = GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(getApplicationContext());
    googleAnalytics.setAppOptOut(true);
}

The BuildConfig class is automatically generated like R.java is. It only contains the DEBUG boolean, which is set to true by default, and to false when you export an apk.

answered Dec 21 '12 at 12:47

Raghav Sood

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Thank you, I'll accept your answer. But I thought Google Analytics could have some kind of configuration APIs that allow you to set this kind of rules. – Egor Dec 21 '12 at 12:57
I don't think it does, but I may be wrong. I'm not very familiar with GA itself. – Raghav Sood Dec 21 '12 at 12:58
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Beware, BuildConfig.DEBUG seems to be buggy : https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=27940 – Cheok Yan Cheng Jul 22 '13 at 03:02
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@RaghavSood I think the preferred way of doing this has changed since you posted your answer... it looks like it's encouraged to use `GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(context).setDryRun(true))` instead for debugging purposes. – Alex Lockwood Jul 27 '14 at 20:31

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 21 '12 at 12:45

Well you can set it to not be active easily enough:

if (...) {
  GoogleAnalytics ga= GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(getApplicationContext());
  ga.setAppOptOut(true);
}

I usually just check the hardware serial number of some known devices used for testing:

if (Arrays.asList("x", "y").contains(getHardwareSerial()))

Where getHardwareSerial() is:

public static String getHardwareSerial() {
        try {
            Field serialField = Build.class.getDeclaredField("SERIAL");
            return (String) serialField.get(null);
        } catch (NoSuchFieldException nsf) {
        } catch (IllegalAccessException ia) {
        }
        return Build.UNKNOWN;
    }

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 06 '15 at 13:20

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With the latest version of Google Analytics, you should be using the following code:

if(BuildConfig.DEBUG){
    GoogleAnalytics.getInstance(this).setDryRun(true);
}

edited Oct 06 '15 at 13:20

Michael

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answered Jan 25 '15 at 13:18

Nimesh Madhavan

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Disable Google Analytics when in development

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