Exclude testing device from Firebase Analytics logging

问题

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?

回答1:

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"]
        //...
    }

回答2:

A solution using the ANDROID_ID

Android has a provision of a unique device ID called the ANDROID_ID, a 64-bit number that is randomly generated when the user first sets up the device and remains constant thereafter. By leveraging this ANDROID_ID we can uniquely identify the testing devices.

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

1) Get ANDROID_ID of all your testing devices:

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

2) Once done, add the IDs to an array:

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

3) Check if the 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);
}

回答3:

Should be able to do something like following:

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

回答4:

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.

回答5:

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

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40959903/exclude-testing-device-from-firebase-analytics-logging

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