Android agent release notesRSS

New

• Adds support for the Android Gradle Plugin 8.7.

Fixed issues

• Resolved an issue where ProGuard/DexGuard mapping files weren't being properly uploaded to New Relic, improving crash reporting accuracy.
• Fixed a crash that occurred when Kotlin mutable maps were passed to breadcrumbs and custom events.
• Corrected behavior where default interactions were being recorded even when the feature flag was disabled.

Support statement

We recommend updating the agent at least every 3 months. The specific policies and dates for Android agent support of the can be found in the Mobile monitoring agents EOL policy.

New features

• Upgrade JDK support to JAVA22.
• Upgrade AGP support to 8.6.
• Add feature flag for event persistence. You can read our docs to learn how to enable this feature].

Fixed issues

• Fixed a corner case to prevent a mismatch between appbuildid and appversion.
• Fixed issue where crashes aren't ingested due to empty stacktraceElements.
• Fixed a NullValuePointer exception when a shutdown is called.
• Fixed a parameter mismatch in the gradle plugin which caused confusion in the logs.

Support statement

We recommend updating the agent at least every 3 months. The specific policies and dates for Android agent support of the can be found in the Mobile monitoring agents EOL policy.

This release is invalid and should not be used.

Support statement

The Android NDK agent version 1.1.1 and above requires Android agent 7.5.1 and higher. The Android NDK agent version 1.1.0 and above requires Android agent 7.5.0 and higher. The Android NDK agent version 1.0.3 and above requires Android agent 6.11.0 and higher. Versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 are compatible with Android agent 6.10.0 and lower.

We recommend you to upgrade the agent regularly, at least every 3 months.

Fix

• Tighten the logic around metric clearance to prevent dropping metrics when harvest is unsuccessful
• Add sessionId attribute as part of the log reporting

Support statement

We recommend updating the agent at least every 3 months. The specific policies and dates for Android agent support of the can be found in the Mobile monitoring agents EOL policy.

Fix

• Tighten implementation logic to better handle potential memory leakage, and add more logging for debugging visibilities.

Support statement

The Android NDK agent version 1.1.0 and above requires Android agent 7.5.0 and higher. The Android NDK agent version 1.0.3 and above requires Android agent 6.11.0 and higher. Versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 are compatible with Android agent 6.10.0 and lower.

We recommend you to upgrade the agent regularly, at least every 3 months.

New

• Add mobile log reporting feature. You can read our docs to learn more and how to enable this feature.

Support statement

We recommend updating the agent at least every 3 months. The specific policies and dates for Android agent support of the can be found in the Mobile monitoring agents EOL policy.

New

• Reduce the overall size of the agent.
• Extend AgentNDK.Builder.withANRMonitor(boolean) to disable native ANR detection as well.

Support statement

The Android NDK agent version 1.1.0 and above requires Android agent 7.5.0 and higher. The Android NDK agent version 1.0.3 and above requires Android agent 6.11.0 and higher. Versions 1.0.0 - 1.0.2 are compatible with Android agent 6.10.0 and lower.

We recommend you to upgrade the agent regularly, at least every 3 months.

New

• Add ApplicationExitInfo as part of data reporting, and the feature is enabled by default. To disable go to your mobile applications entity application settings page.

Support statement

We recommend updating the agent at least every 3 months. The specific policies and dates for Android agent support of the can be found in the Mobile monitoring agents EOL policy.

New

• Add ApplicationExitInfo as part of data reporting.
• Add the ability to report data while an application goes into a background state. You can read our docs to learn how to enable this feature.
• Includes code for upcoming log forwarding feature. See your Account Team for information about early adoption.

Fix

• Enhance setUserId() function to add the ability to update userID attribute multiple times in a short period without losing the history of different end users. You can read our docs to learn about this fix.
• Enhance the accuracy of device time calculation when it is changed by the mobile network.
• Resolve an ANR issue when the application reports events.
• Resolve an issue when exceptionMessage of a MobileHandledException doesn't display in query results.

Support statement

We recommend updating the agent at least every 3 months. The specific policies and dates for Android agent support of the can be found in the Mobile monitoring agents EOL policy.