# How does Firebase initialize on Android?

DevFeed: [How does Firebase initialize on Android?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-does-firebase-initialize-on-android-16160.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2016/12/how-does-firebase-initialize-on-android>)

Author: Doug Stevenson

Published: 2016-12-21T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [crash-reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/crash-reporting.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [sdks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdks.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial explains how Firebase SDKs initialize automatically on Android. It describes how the SDK obtains an Android Context early in the application launch cycle by using an Android component declared through manifest merging, without requiring app developers to add initialization code.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.