Firebase-ios-sdk: Firebase without analytics dependency

[UberMC]

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FirebaseCore without analytics dependency. Is it possible to have FirebaseCore without analytics being included

Podfile.lock

• Firebase/Core (6.13.0):
  
  
  
  • Firebase/CoreOnly
  
  
  • FirebaseAnalytics (= 6.1.6)
  
  

Our app is being rejected for having an google analytics SDK, we have to remove all analytics.

[paulb777]

Remove Firebase/Core from the Podfile to exclude the FirebaseAnalytics pod.

If you'd like to share more details about the app rejection, we'll share with the Analytics team to investigate a solution that would let you keep Analytics capabilities in the app.

[morganchen12]

In this case you can use the Firebase/CoreOnly subspec or depend on FirebaseCore directly.

[wilhuff]

Is it possible this has to do with Apple Arcade? My understanding is that those apps have strict prohibitions on analytics of any kind.

[UberMC]

Kids section app

[UberMC]

The app rejection is this: remove idfa functionality, remove the code from the implementation, not just disable use of idfa

Are there any recommendations without removing FirebaseCore and using directly Firebase/CoreOnly subspec

[paulb777]

Adding FirebaseCore (or Firebase/CoreOnly) to the Podfile is a no-op. All the other Firebase pods will pull it in as a dependency.

[morganchen12]

You could use the direct podspecs for each pod, right?

[paulb777]

The current recommendation is to specify the pods desired via the Firebase pod - like pod 'Firebase/Messaging'. There is typically no reason to specify FirebaseCore.

[UberMC]

Hey guys,

Thanks, as morganchen12 mentioned to just simply replace dependencies Core to CoreOnly worked.

Required I forked https://github.com/invertase/react-native-firebase/ and changed each package pod spec to CoreOnly. Seems to work. Analytics pod was removed succesfully.