Does Firebase Analytics use IDFA?

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#1

I have an app for young (9+) students and I would like to collect some very basic usage statistics. I use Firebase Analytics in my apps. Does it use IDFA and is it possible to turn it off? The Firebase documentation says it uses IDFA if a certain library is included and that is for advertising.

Thank you for any help.

#2

It can, or you can turn it off and supply your own identifier and it will not request the IDFA.

#3

Good, thank you. I do create my own identifier. How do I supply my own identifier to Firebase?

Also, when I grep the app for the two libraries listed by Firebase as those that include IDFA, it does not find them, but of course the name could be scrambled in the final build.

#4

Like this:

plugin.setUserProperties("advertising_id", your_id)
#5

Thank you! Perfect.