Is Firebase-core required?

firebase-core is no longer listed as a required dependency in the Android getting started guide and was removed from the list of available libraries . Now adding firebase-analytics to your app is optional in the getting started guide.

The Firebase Android library firebase-core is no longer needed . This SDK included the Firebase SDK for Google Analytics. Now, to use Analytics or a product that recommends adding Analytics (see table below), you need to explicitly declare the Analytics dependency: com. google.