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:

firebase-android-sdk/firebase-perf/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/perf/FirebasePerfEarly.java

Line 48 in 02b3365

if (startupTime != null) {

As StartupTime is not initialized if Firebase is manually instantiated

firebase-android-sdk/firebase-common/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/FirebaseApp.java

Line 432 in 02b3365

// Don't provide StartupTime in direct boot mode or if Firebase was manually started

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.

[muhammad-darmawan]

Hi, any update on this issue?
Thanks

[exaby73]

Hello @louisbeaujeu. I am unable to reproduce this issue with the latest BOM. Can you provide me some sample code that you can confirm reproduces this issue?

[SimonMarquis]

@exaby73 the code still relies on this FirebaseInitProvider.isCurrentlyInitializing() call:

firebase-android-sdk/firebase-common/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/FirebaseApp.java

Lines 433 to 437 in 0697dd3

	// Don't provide StartupTime in direct boot mode or if Firebase was manually started
	if (UserManagerCompat.isUserUnlocked(applicationContext)
	&& FirebaseInitProvider.isCurrentlyInitializing()) {
	builder.addComponent(Component.of(startupTime, StartupTime.class));
	}

which is a static private variable:

firebase-android-sdk/firebase-common/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/provider/FirebaseInitProvider.java

Line 40 in 0697dd3

@NonNull private static AtomicBoolean currentlyInitializing = new AtomicBoolean(false);

modified only in FirebaseInitProvider.onCreate()

firebase-android-sdk/firebase-common/src/main/java/com/google/firebase/provider/FirebaseInitProvider.java

Lines 66 to 78 in 0697dd3

	public boolean onCreate() {
	try {
	currentlyInitializing.set(true);
	if (FirebaseApp.initializeApp(getContext()) == null) {
	Log.i(TAG, "FirebaseApp initialization unsuccessful");
	} else {
	Log.i(TAG, "FirebaseApp initialization successful");
	}
	return false;
	} finally {
	currentlyInitializing.set(false);
	}
	}

... so, nothing has changed since, and the issue is still present.

Here is how to reproduce this:

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

[google-oss-bot]

Hey @louisbeaujeu. We need more information to resolve this issue but there hasn't been an update in 5 weekdays. I'm marking the issue as stale and if there are no new updates in the next 5 days I will close it automatically.

If you have more information that will help us get to the bottom of this, just add a comment!

[SimonMarquis]

@exaby73 what do you need exactly?

Do you need a basic Android project with this?

FirebaseInitProvider and initialize Firebase in code with FirebaseApp#initializeApp(context)

'cause it is fairly trivial to do on its own, and it will probably not be that useful since we already outlined the exact issue here.