firebase_crashlytics_collection_enabled = false, not working

[gummibjorn]

Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: 4.0
• Firebase Component: firebase-crashlytics
• Component version: 17.1.1

Describe the problem

Crash reports are sent to firebase even though I use the following meta-data tag in my Manifest:

<meta-data android:name="firebase_crashlytics_collection_enabled" android:value="false" />

I do not use FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().setCrashlyticsCollectionEnabled(true)

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[ashwinraghav]

Thanks for the report.
I've not been able to repro. The related piece of code is linked below. Let us know if you see something that stands out

firebase-android-sdk/firebase-crashlytics/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/crashlytics/internal/common/CrashlyticsController.java

Line 410 in dac28c4

if (!dataCollectionArbiter.isAutomaticDataCollectionEnabled()) {

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[gummibjorn]

Thanks for your response. I figured it out. I've been using FirebaseCrashlytics.getInstance().setCrashlyticsCollectionEnabled(true) in previous launches of my app. And since this setting persist across launches, crash reports were sent to firebase despite the meta-data tag set to false.

This behaviour is documented.