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Xcode 7.3, iOS 9.3.3

My GoogleService-Info.plist "IS_ANALYTICS_ENABLED" is set to "NO". I am integrating Firebase into my iOS app. for the first time. Will this prevent Firebase from properly analyzing user activity in my app.?

Please advise.

Should I change it to "YES"?

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Frank van Puffelen
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  • Disabling Firebase Analytics will keep it from gathering information on your users. Are you having problems with it? – Frank van Puffelen Jul 24 '16 at 15:17
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    I can't tell, the app has not been released. Should the flag be set to 'no' or 'yes' for analytics to work? – serge-k Jul 24 '16 at 15:19
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    This seems counter intuitive to me, I downloaded this file directly from Firebase website, for analytics. Why it is set to 'no' is beyond me. Please advise. – serge-k Jul 24 '16 at 15:20
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    @FrankvanPuffelen Any suggestions Frank? I think I didn't address the comments to you, so you didn't get notified. – serge-k Jul 24 '16 at 22:39
  • now that i know its for google analytics, can i manually set as YES in my plist in Xcode. will that lead to my google analytics aso working? – rd_ Oct 08 '18 at 12:23

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IS_ANALYTICS_ENABLED refers to Google Analytics for Apps, not Firebase Analytics. I can see how that is confusing, but it is unrelated to Firebase Analytics. To read more about the mechanism by which you can disable Firebase Analytics, refer to this page.

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    Thanks Steve. That explains it. Very strange for a file I download from the Firebase website for the given app. to have this key, which effects Google Analytics - I figure, if I download a file from Fire base and I am trying to set up Firebase analytics, then it would effect it. Both belong to Google, I understand. – serge-k Jul 25 '16 at 04:39
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    Steve, as your profile shows, you are a Product Manager at Google. So, when you understand this is confusing, and as a Product Manager at Google, why is this not cleaned up yet? – CouchDeveloper Mar 26 '19 at 14:54
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    As of 2020 and Firebase 7.0.0, not cleaned up :( – Skywalker Nov 20 '20 at 05:12
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    What do you mean by "Google analytics for apps"? – DanSkeel Nov 22 '20 at 18:46
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    This is really confusing. Because Firebase now integrates with Google Analytics for some time. So what is this setting doing? – Houman Feb 13 '22 at 11:48
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    It is 2023. It has confused me too :-) – Cheok Yan Cheng Jan 03 '23 at 06:42
  • Just had this happen to me as well... way to go Google! – Kyle Beard Feb 22 '23 at 18:45
  • Found this confusing too, thought I did something wrong. – gbhall Mar 30 '23 at 03:18