Android: Firebase remoteConfig getString() method is removing quotes from string inside default.xml

Question

i have the following remote config_default.xml file

Answer 1

If, at defaults xml file, you use triple-backslash as escape sequence, it works:

{\\\"someKey\\\": \\\"someValue\\\"}

Will produce {"someKey": "someValue"} as output of FirebaseRemoteConfig's getString() method.

Answer 2

There are multiple solutions for this problem

1. Use firebaseConfig.setDefaults(Map); for setting up the default configuration.

2. Use backslash (\) before Double Quotes(") in your String in .xml file.

3. Replace classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1' with

*classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'* 

and Relpace google() with
maven { url 'https://maven.google.com' }

4. Add android.enableAapt2 = false in gradle.properties

Answer 3

Hi Sheraz Ahmad Khilji first of all, I apologize for the English, I don't know how to write english very well.

This problems occours because firebase has a bug when converting your xml in a Map, to contorn this problem, you can use a MAP instead of a xml.

sample:

firebaseConfig.setDefaults(Map<String, Object>);

This change will solve your problem with double quotes.

Answer 4

I sent this issue to the firebase help team and got the following response:

This is actually a known issue on our end and our engineers are already working to fix the issue. I can't share any details or timeline when the fix be available, but please check our release notes for future updates.

Looks like there is a problem with Gradle tools version 3.0.1. The temporary workaround would be to use Gradle tools version 2.3.3.

In the project level build.gradle file:

Replace classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.0.1' with

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'

and

Relpace google() with

maven {
        url 'https://maven.google.com'
}