React-native-firebase: Analytics events should be ignored when running in TestLab (Pre-launch report)

[corradio]

When submitting to the Google Play Store, analytics events are being sent while the app is being tested in TestLab (as part of the pre-launch reports).
There's a simple way to exclude those events:
https://firebase.google.com/docs/test-lab/android/android-studio#modify_instrumented_test_behavior_for

[Salakar]

Hey @corradio this is planned to be added, please follow along over at: https://boards.invertase.io/react-native-firebase/p/detect-firebase-pre-launch-report-in-analytics

Thanks!

[wodka]

so just to get this right:

I need to manually add the code:

import analytics from '@react-native-firebase/analytics';
import utils from '@react-native-firebase/utils';

if (utils().isRunningInTestLab) {
  analytics().setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false)
}

[tobiaseisenschenk]

The link above is outdated since it points to the old Utils package. Now you actually have to do this instead:

import firebase from '@react-native-firebase/app';
import '@react-native-firebase/analytics';

if (firebase.app().utils().isRunningInTestLab) {
    firebase.analytics().setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
}

I hope this helps someone until the documentation is ready.

[mikehardy]

@tobiaseisenschenk "until the documentation is ready" -> there is an edit button at the top right of each page, and the workflow via github makes it possible to propose documentation edits almost automatically (they handle the fork/branch/PR creation work for you) :muscle:

[jorgemasta]

The link above is outdated since it points to the old Utils package. Now you actually have to do this instead:

import firebase from '@react-native-firebase/app';
import '@react-native-firebase/analytics';

if (firebase.app().utils().isRunningInTestLab) {
  firebase.analytics().setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
}

I hope this helps someone until the documentation is ready.

Hey men! Where do you place that code?
I have put it inside a useEffect in my root component but doesn't work :(

[gponsu]

The link above is outdated since it points to the old Utils package. Now you actually have to do this instead:

import firebase from '@react-native-firebase/app';
import '@react-native-firebase/analytics';

if (firebase.app().utils().isRunningInTestLab) {
    firebase.analytics().setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
}

I hope this helps someone until the documentation is ready.

Hey men! Where do you place that code?
I have put it inside a useEffect in my root component but doesn't work :(

It does not work for me either :(

[tobiaseisenschenk]

The link above is outdated since it points to the old Utils package. Now you actually have to do this instead:

import firebase from '@react-native-firebase/app';
import '@react-native-firebase/analytics';

if (firebase.app().utils().isRunningInTestLab) {
    firebase.analytics().setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
}

I hope this helps someone until the documentation is ready.

Hey men! Where do you place that code?
I have put it inside a useEffect in my root component but doesn't work :(

We stopped using Google Analytics alltogether, but we had this setup code in our root component App.tsx along with other setup code, but not inside a React hook.