How to disable Crashlytics during development

Question

Is there any simple way to turn Crashlytics Android SDK off while developing ?

I don\'t want it to send a crash every time I do something stupid

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Answer 1

1. Add this to your app’s build.gradle:

   android {
       buildTypes {
           debug {
             // Disable fabric build ID generation for debug builds
             ext.enableCrashlytics = false
             ...
   

2. Disable the Crashlytics kit at runtime. Otherwise, the Crashlytics kit will throw the error:

   // Set up Crashlytics, disabled for debug builds
   // Add These lines in your app Application class onCreate method
   
   Crashlytics crashlyticsKit = new Crashlytics.Builder()
       .core(new CrashlyticsCore.Builder().disabled(BuildConfig.DEBUG).build())
       .build();
   
   // Initialize Fabric with the debug-disabled crashlytics.
   Fabric.with(this, crashlyticsKit);
   

3. In AndroidManifest.xml, add