How to configure dry run and log level options via XML in Google Analytics v4 SDK for Android?

Question

The parameters documentation for the XML configuration file used by the Google Analytics v4 SDK (as found in the Google Play Services 4.3.23 release) says that ga_dryRun and ga_logLevel are valid attributes in the tracker file. Here is my res/xml/default_tracker.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
    <bool name="ga_dryRun">true</bool>
    <string name="ga_logLevel">verbose</string>
</resources>

When I set this config file on a new tracker and run my app, I see the following in the log:

04-30 13:05:55.303  29266-29266/com.example.app W/GAV3﹕ Thread[main,5,main]: bool configuration name not recognized:  ga_dryRun
04-30 13:05:55.303  29266-29266/com.example.app W/GAV3﹕ Thread[main,5,main]: string configuration name not recognized:  ga_logLevel

Are there updated attribute names to use? Is configuring these features via XML no longer supported (they worked in the v3 SDK)?

I know I can set both the dry run and log level options from Java, but it would be nice to be able to define these in the XML files so I could use different files for different build variants.

Answer 1

From your setup, it looks like you are specifying the settings in a tracker configuration.

The values of ga_dryRun and ga_logLevel are global settings for the app and not specific to a particular tracker from v4 onwards. Can you make sure that you are following the steps written in the documentation here?

To quote, Use the following to setup the configuration:

In AndroidManifest.xml

 <meta-data
   android:name="com.google.android.gms.analytics.globalConfigResource"
   android:resource="@xml/analytics_global_config" />

In analytics_global_config.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <resources>
   <bool name="ga_dryRun">true</bool>
   <string name="ga_logLevel">verbose</string>
 </resources>