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?

As far as i know only option to create 2 different projects for dev and prod environments — ugur, Sep 18 '16 at 14:25
That **is** the better way. But otherwise see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37518212/how-to-disable-remove-firebaseanalytic — Frank van Puffelen, Sep 18 '16 at 14:43

score 54 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 20 '19 at 01:49

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")
    }
}

Thanks! I also had to add `tools:replace="android:value"` to the AndroidManifest.xml part: (if using react-native-firebase) eg: `` — Tom S, Mar 25 '22 at 21:11

score 19 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 28 '16 at 12:43

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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

answered Oct 28 '16 at 12:43

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Even better, add a property to Gradle to handle it automatically: resValue("bool", "FIREBASE_ANALYTICS_DEACTIVATED", "true") such as was suggested for Crashlytics here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/44452585/945247 – Leon Mar 01 '18 at 20:21
how to enable it back? – user924 Jan 03 '22 at 10:28

Doug Stevenson · Answer 3 · 2016-09-19T17:46:56.813

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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

edited Sep 19 '16 at 17:46

answered Sep 19 '16 at 17:41

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 05 '17 at 17:50

    public class MyApp extends Application {
        public static boolean isDebuggable;

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

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 23 '22 at 08:19

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);
}

kadirgun · Answer 6 · 2023-07-20T14:09:28.027

To disable crashlytics and analytics

in manifest

<meta-data
   android:name="firebase_crashlytics_collection_enabled"
   android:value="${crashlyticsCollectionEnabled}" />

<meta-data 
   android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_enabled" 
   android:value="${analyticsCollectionEnabled}" />

in gradle

buildTypes {
    debug {
       manifestPlaceholders["crashlyticsCollectionEnabled"] = false
       manifestPlaceholders["analyticsCollectionEnabled"] = false
    }
    
    release {
       manifestPlaceholders["crashlyticsCollectionEnabled"] = true
       manifestPlaceholders["analyticsCollectionEnabled"] = true
    }
}

you can check from Firebase Analytics - Firebase Crashlytics - Inject build variables into the manifest

Disable Firebase in development mode in Android

6 Answers6

To disable crashlytics and analytics

in manifest

in gradle