From 11a4bbaa48431e4a5d1d14fcccc3ef380085552e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Turner <donturner@google.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 18:03:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Remove AD_ID permission

Change-Id: Iaf691c8ff1e8fbbbcd39b068d8bfdc29c8f6a58c
---
 app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 23b2e7862..99c233910 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@
 
     <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
 
+    <!--
+    Firebase automatically adds the AD_ID permission, even though we don't use it. If you use this
+    permission you must declare how you're using it to Google Play, otherwise the app will be
+    rejected when publishing it. To avoid this we remove the permission entirely.
+    -->
+    <uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID" tools:node="remove"/>
+
     <application
         android:name=".NiaApplication"
         android:allowBackup="true"
@@ -43,6 +50,8 @@
         <!-- Disable Firebase analytics by default. This setting is overwritten for the `prod`
         flavor -->
         <meta-data android:name="firebase_analytics_collection_deactivated" android:value="true" />
+        <!-- Disable collection of AD_ID for all build variants -->
+        <meta-data android:name="google_analytics_adid_collection_enabled" android:value="false" />
     </application>
 
 </manifest>