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Sagar
Sagar

Reputation: 3245

Exclude testing device from Firebase Analytics logging

I am sure that Firebase is counting all my development work too in its analytics. I open my app like hundred times a day to debug and test on a few devices, it's really skewing up my readings.

I have used a function to get me a somewhat unique ID to represent my devices and ignored all its analytics through code.

public static String getPsuedoID() {
    String m_szDevIDShort = "35" + (Build.BOARD.length() % 10)
    + (Build.BRAND.length() % 10) + (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT % 10)
    + (Build.DEVICE.length() % 10) + (Build.DISPLAY.length() % 10)
    + (Build.MODEL.length() % 10) + (Build.PRODUCT.length() % 10);

    String serial;
    try {
        serial = android.os.Build.class.getField("SERIAL").get(null).toString();
        return new UUID(m_szDevIDShort.hashCode(), serial.hashCode()).toString();
    } catch (Exception exception) {
        serial = "getUniquePsuedoIDfailed";
    }
    return new UUID(m_szDevIDShort.hashCode(), serial.hashCode()).toString();
}

But I just figured out it is not as unique as I assumed. Apparently, my ID was same as around a few (very few) users.

Is there a foolproof method to do just this?

Upvotes: 18

Views: 8577

Answers (6)

Izak
Izak

Reputation: 1001

You can disable event logging for a testing device by running the following:

adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app package_name

To re-enable logging run:

adb shell setprop debug.firebase.analytics.app .none.

From Firebase itself:

To prevent your testing and development from affecting your measurements, events logged while in debug mode will be excluded from your overall Analytics data, and will not be included in your daily BigQuery export.

Upvotes: 1

Sagar
Sagar

Reputation: 3245

A solution using the ANDROID_ID

1) Get ANDROID_ID of all your testing devices (This is a 64-bit unique ID generated when the user first sets up the device. It remains constant thereafter.)

private static String getDeviceID(Context c) {
    return Settings.Secure.getString(c.getContentResolver(), Settings.Secure.ANDROID_ID);
}

2) Add these IDs to an array:

private static String testingDeviceIDs[] = {"8ab5946d3d65e893", "ada1247bfb6cfa5d", ...};

3) Check if the current device is one of the testing devices.

private static boolean isDeviceForTesting(Context c) {
    for (String testingID : testingDeviceIDs)
        if (getDeviceID(c).equals(testingID))
            return true;
    return false;
}

4) Finally, log Firebase events only if the device is not a testing device.

static void logFirebaseEvent(Context c, String name) {
    if (!isDeviceForTesting(c))
        FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(c).logEvent(name, null);
}

UPSIDE: Unlike Firebase's provision of controlling analytics collection, this method will also work on Release builds/APKs.

Upvotes: 9

xarlymg89
xarlymg89

Reputation: 2617

If what you were looking for, it was to disable the Firebase Analytics / tracking for the test devices that run the Firebase tests or the Play Console Pre-launch reports (which are actually Firebase tests), then you need to disable them based on a system string:

String testLabSetting = Settings.System.getString(context.getContentResolver(), "firebase.test.lab");
if ("true".equals(testLabSetting)) {
    FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(context).setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
}

So basically, it's a combination of checking if your device is a Firebase Test device, and then you disable the FirebaseAnalytics for it.

However, it won't entirely stop Firebase Analytics, and the event session_start will keep showing up.

Upvotes: 3

Android Blog
Android Blog

Reputation: 11

The firebase docs only describe that it can be disabled from within the apk.

AndroidManifest.xml

<meta-data android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_enabled" android:value="false" />

Activity.java

setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);

source: https://firebase.google.com/support/guides/disable-analytics

Upvotes: 1

Bob Snyder
Bob Snyder

Reputation: 38319

You can control analytics collection using manifest metadata with the setting defined by a manifestPlaceholder:

<application
    android:name="MyApplication"
    //... >
    <meta-data
        android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated"
        android:value="${analytics_deactivated}" />
    //...
 </application>

Then define the placeholder value in the build variant blocks of your build.gradle file:

buildTypes {
    debug {
        manifestPlaceholders = [analytics_deactivated: "true"]
        //...
    }

    release {
        manifestPlaceholders = [analytics_deactivated: "false"]
        //...
    }

Upvotes: 32

John O&#39;Reilly
John O&#39;Reilly

Reputation: 10350

Should be able to do something like following:

    if (BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
        FirebaseAnalytics.getInstance(getApplicationContext()).setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
     }

Upvotes: 5

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