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Orestis Pantazos
Orestis Pantazos

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🔥 Firebase Android Release Notes

#android

To review release notes for the Firebase console and for other Firebase platforms and related SDKs, refer to the Firebase Release Notes.

Learn how to install these SDKs in your app: Add Firebase to your Android Project.

Latest SDK versions

build.gradle

buildscript {

  repositories {
    // Check that you have the following line (if not, add it):
    google()  // Google's Maven repository
  }

  dependencies {
    // ...

    // Add the following line:
    classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3'  // Google Services plugin
  }
}

allprojects {
  // ...

  repositories {
    // Check that you have the following line (if not, add it):
    google()  // Google's Maven repository
    // ...
  }
}
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app/build.gradle

apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
// Add the following line:
apply plugin: 'com.google.gms.google-services'  // Google Services plugin

android {
  // ...
}
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app/build.gradle

Analytics enabled

dependencies {
  // ...

  // Add the Firebase SDK for Google Analytics
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.4.0'

  // Add the dependencies for any other Firebase products you want to use in your app
  // For example, to also use Firebase Authentication
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:19.3.1'

  // Getting a "Could not find" error? Make sure that you've added
  // Google's Maven repository to your root-level build.gradle file
}
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Analytics not enabled

dependencies {
  // ...

  // Add the dependencies for the Firebase products you want to use in your app
  // For example, to use Firebase Authentication
  implementation 'com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:19.3.1'

  // Getting a "Could not find" error? Make sure that you've added
  // Google's Maven repository to your root-level build.gradle file
}
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Java Android

Service or Product

AdMob

com.google.android.gms:play-services-ads:19.1.0
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Analytics

com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.4.0
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App Indexing

com.google.firebase:firebase-appindexing:19.1.0
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Authentication

com.google.firebase:firebase-auth:19.3.1
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Cloud Firestore

com.google.firebase:firebase-firestore:21.4.3
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Cloud Functions for Firebase Client SDK

com.google.firebase:firebase-functions:19.0.2
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Cloud Messaging

com.google.firebase:firebase-messaging:20.1.6
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Cloud Storage

com.google.firebase:firebase-storage:19.1.1
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Crashlytics

com.crashlytics.sdk.android:crashlytics:2.10.1
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Alternatively, to use the Firebase Crashlytics SDK (beta):

com.google.firebase:firebase-crashlytics:17.0.0
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Dynamic Links

com.google.firebase:firebase-dynamic-links:19.1.0
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In-App Messaging

com.google.firebase:firebase-inappmessaging:19.0.6
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In-App Messaging Display

com.google.firebase:firebase-inappmessaging-display:19.0.6
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Performance Monitoring

com.google.firebase:firebase-perf:19.0.7
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Realtime Database

com.google.firebase:firebase-database:19.3.0
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Remote Config

com.google.firebase:firebase-config:19.1.4
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Firebase Bill of Materials (BoM)

com.google.firebase:firebase-bom:25.3.0
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The latest Firebase BoM version contains the latest versions of each Firebase Android library available at the BoM's release. For the library versions mapped to previous BoM versions, review the release notes for that version.

Google Play services plugin

com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.3
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