install_referrer intent deprecation

From Firebase support:

This is a great catch. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. There's no need [to take] action from your end as of now, I've created an internal request so we could provide an alternative for the install_referrer intent broadcast before its deprecation. As of now, we are yet to find out any details or timelines as to when it will be implemented. You can check our release notes from time to time for any updates about Firebase features and its services.

Strange that Google's products are not synchronized.

However if you are not using Firebase and your app contains third party libraries that use install_referrer kindly check directly with them.

To find in which library install_referrer included, open merged manifest and search for install_referrer, check the package name of the service in which the install_referrer included.


com.google.firebase:firebase-core:17.2.1 and com.google.firebase:firebase-analytics:17.2.1 add INSTALL_REFERRER to AndroidManifest. Probably need to wait till Firebase team updates these packages to use the new API.