Disable “Answers” but not “Crashlytics”

Question

When installing \"Crashlytics\" in my Android App, it automatically installs \"Answers\". I only want to install \"Crashlytics\" and want to have \"Answers\" disabled. Does

Answer 1

I think it is not possible at the moment, because Crashlytics is making an Answers instance:

public Crashlytics build() {
            if(this.coreBuilder != null) {
                if(this.core != null) {
                    throw new IllegalStateException("Must not use Deprecated methods delay(), disabled(), listener(), pinningInfoProvider() with core()");
                }

                this.core = this.coreBuilder.build();
            }

            if(this.answers == null) {
                this.answers = new Answers();
            }

            if(this.beta == null) {
                this.beta = new Beta();
            }

            if(this.core == null) {
                this.core = new CrashlyticsCore();
            }

            return new Crashlytics(this.answers, this.beta, this.core);
        }

Crashlytics(Answers answers, Beta beta, CrashlyticsCore core) is not public, so we cannot instanciate this. Also the answers field is final, so you cannot override it. I think there is now way to let the user decide if they want to use answers.

Hey Fabric/Google, you should make a programmatically way to opt out for a session, to give the programmer the option to let the user decide if they want to be counted in some way.

EDIT

My solution is to to use a wraper for all needed funtioncs and init, feel free to use it:

public class AnalyticsWrapper {

    static AnalyticsWrapper instance;

    public static void initialize(Context context, boolean optOut) {
        if (instance != null) throw new IllegalStateException("AnalyticsWrapper must only be initialized once");
        instance = new AnalyticsWrapper(context.getApplicationContext(), optOut);
    }

    public static AnalyticsWrapper getInstance() {
        if (instance == null) throw new IllegalStateException("AnalyticsWrapper must be initialized before");
        return instance;
    }

    final boolean optOut;

    private AnalyticsWrapper(Context context, boolean optOut) {
        this.optOut = optOut;
        initFabric(context);
    }

    public boolean isOptOut() {
        return optOut;
    }

    private void initFabric(Context context) {
        if (!optOut) {

            if (!BuildConfig.DEBUG) {
                Timber.plant(new CrashlyticsLogExceptionTree());
                Timber.plant(new CrashlyticsLogTree(Log.INFO));
            }

            Crashlytics crashlyticsKit = new Crashlytics.Builder().core(
                    new CrashlyticsCore.Builder().disabled(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
                                                 .build())
                                                                  .build();

            Fabric fabric = new Fabric.Builder(context).kits(crashlyticsKit)
                                                             .debuggable(BuildConfig.DEBUG)
                                                             .build();


            Fabric.with(fabric);
        }
    }

    public void crashlyticsSetString(String key, String value) {
        if (!optOut) {
            Crashlytics.setString(key, value);
        }
    }

    public void logException(Throwable throwable) {
        if (!optOut) {
            Crashlytics.logException(throwable);
        }
    }

    public void logEvent(CustomEvent event) {
        if (!optOut) {
            Answers.getInstance()
                   .logCustom(event);
        }
    }
}