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Is Feature Enabled

This topic describes the Is Feature Enabled method, which determines whether a feature is enabled for a given user.

The purpose of this method is to allow you to separate the process of developing and deploying features from the decision to turn on a feature. Build your feature and deploy it to your application behind this flag, then turn the feature on or off for specific users.

Version

SDK v3.0 and higher

Description

This method traverses the client's datafile and checks the feature flag for the feature key that you specify.

  1. Analyzes the user's attributes.
  2. Hashes the userID.

The method then evaluates the feature rollout for a user. The method checks whether the rollout is enabled, whether the user qualifies for the audience targeting, and then randomly assigns either on or off based on the appropriate traffic allocation. If the feature rollout is on for a qualified user, the method returns true.

Parameters

The table below lists the required and optional parameters in Android.

ParameterTypeDescription
featureKey
required
stringThe key of the feature to check.

The feature key is defined from the Features dashboard.
userId
required
stringThe ID of the user to check.
attributes
optional
mapA map of custom key-value string pairs specifying attributes for the user that are used for audience targeting. Non-string values are only supported in the 3.0 SDK and above.

Returns

True if the feature is enabled. False if the feature is disabled or not found.

Source files

The language/platform source files containing the implementation for Android is OptimizelyClient.java.