Application startup time not reported when initializing FIrebaseApp manually

[louisbeaujeu]

[REQUIRED] Step 2: Describe your environment

• Android Studio version: Android Studio Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 Patch 2
• Firebase Component: Performance
• Component version: 20.3.1

[REQUIRED] Step 3: Describe the problem

Since version 20.3.1 it seems that Firebase Performance does not report the application startup time if Firebase is manually initialized. Probably due to this check in FirebasePerfEarly: https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/blob/02b336526b53672f8216211d79de162cf857c81c/firebase-perf/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/perf/FirebasePerfEarly.java#L48

As StartupTime is not initialized if Firebase is manually instantiated https://github.com/firebase/firebase-android-sdk/blob/02b336526b53672f8216211d79de162cf857c81c/firebase-common/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/FirebaseApp.java#L432

Steps to reproduce:

Disable FirebaseInitProvider and initialize Firebase in code with FirebaseApp#initializeApp(context), the App startup time won't be reported on Firebase Dashboard

[argzdev]

Thanks for reporting, @louisbeaujeu. I was able to reproduce the same behavior. I'll notify our engineers and see what we can do here.

[louisbeaujeu]

Thanks for the response ! Any update on this issue ?

[argzdev]

Hi @louisbeaujeu, sorry for the radio silence. Our engineers are currently working on other issues at the moment. However, rest assured that this is being investigated and worked on.

That said, I'd like to ask for a favor for anyone else that encounters the same issue to kindly leave a thumbs up on the author's original post. This'll help us prioritize issues based on severity and demand. Thanks!

[ganadist]

In my case, I want to measure app startup time with Firebase Perf. But by this issue, I have a concern whether my app comply with legal compliance requirements such as GDPR.