Android agent release notesRSS

New in this release

• Add support for the upcoming Android D8/R8 toolset
• Discontinue the New Relic Maven plugin
• Disable CPU sampling for apps running on Android 8 and higher

Fixed in this release

• Correct the mismatched build ID shared between the stamped and uploaded Proguard/Dexguard map file and submitted crashes
• Fix an issue that caused a Facebook login API failure
• Update agent plugin to address Gradle 5 warnings

Notes

Dexguard users must upgrade to version 8.2.22 to be compatible with this release.

New in this release

• Support for the Maven plugin is now deprecated, and will be removed in version 5.21.0.
• The minimum supported SDK level (minSdkVersion) is now 14 (Android 4.0)

Fixed in this release

• Removed dependency on legacy Android Apache library, which resulted in NoClassDefFoundError exceptions when targeting Android SDK 28.
• Removed cast exception with OkHTTP2 CacheResponseBody when using Retrofit 1.9.0 with OkHttp 2.7.5 .
• Corrected mismatched UUID added to Proguard/Dexguard mapping file (the map UUID didn't match the UUID of reported crashes).
• Restored missing Dexguard lambda instrumentation.
• Corrected representation of LONG numeric attributes to prevent loss of precision (agent could not record precise timestamp attributes).
• Crashes that occur prior to successfully connecting to collector will be queued until a valid connection data token is received.
• Restored agent shutdown and final harvest when foreground services present.

Fixes

Fixes NoClassDefFoundError crash due to missing Apache classes for apps targeting Android 9 (SDK versions P or 28 ). This release is only needed by apps that target SDK 28 or higher.

Improvements

• The agent will now recognize region-specific application tokens.

Fixed in this release

• Fixed problem reading from the error stream of instrumented Http/HttpsUrlConnection requests.
• Fixed problems uploading Proguard/Dexguard mapping.txt files.
• Eliminated a delay in shutting down the app when reporting a crash.

Fixed in this release

• Addressed potential ANR at launch when an app has the Firebase performance monitoring SDK also running.

Fixed in this release

• Fixed instrumentation failures introduced in the 5.17.0 release.
• Corrected a hang during instant app shutdown that could occur during a crash.

Fixed in this release

• Fixed trace instrumentation crash introduced in 5.17.0 release.

New in this release

• Added instrumentation support for Android Instant Apps The agent now detects and instruments all feature modules for an instant app. Because instant apps are typically side-loaded, users must add NewRelic.start() calls to each entry point activity in the module. We've also created a document to help integrate the agent into your Instant App. See Install the New Relic plugin for Android Instant Apps for more information.

Fixed in this release

• Correctly restore any pre-existing unhandled exception handler when the agent shuts downs. Maintain the state of existing unhandled exception handlers when the agent returns to foreground.
• Fixed instrumentation of abstract classes derived from Android SDK classes.
• Fixed instrumentation failure when using certain Java 8 features, such as lambdas.
• Updated instrumentation support for Dexguard 8 on Android Studio 3.0.
• Enforce @SkipTrace with Android SDK-derived classes. Previously, onCreate() and onCreateView() could not be skipped from Activity, Fragment and other SDK classes.