Android agent release notesRSS

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.

Fix

• Resolve a SHA-signed error during build time by disabling JAR signing verification.
• Resolve reported ANRs during event persistance serialization.
• Enhance symbol upload process to improve request error rate and support a pending new upload endpoint.

Support statement

We recommend you to upgrade 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

• Added the ability to persist events when application is force killed.
• Added the ability to store harvest data that previously would be lost if the application doesn't have internet connection. These harvest are then sent after an internet connection is established and the next harvest successfully uploads. This feature is disabled by default, see more details here to enable it.
• Added setMaxOfflineStorageSize API to set the maximum amount of data that can be stored locally.
• Added support for Unreal platform.
• Added support for Android dynamic features.

Fix

• Fixed an issue that target activity is not captured when calculating app launch time from the start to a target activity rather than the default main activity.

Support statement

We recommend you to upgrade 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

• Upgrade the support version of AGP to 8.4

Support statement

We recommend you to upgrade 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

Adds configurable request header instrumentation to network events

The agent will now produce network event attributes for select header values if the headers are detected on the request. The header names to instrument are passed into the agent when started.

For more information, see Adding Tracked Headers in the Mobile Monitoring documentation.

Adds GraphQL attributes to network events

If the agent detects request headers from Apollo GraphQL servers, it will add additional attributes to the network request event.

For more information, see Adding Tracked Headers in the Mobile Monitoring documentation.

Exclude instrumentation by package name

The agent plugin can now be configured to exclude classes from a specific package space during instrumentation. These classes will be unmodified. This feature can be useful when encountering sensitive or problematic class data.

For more information, see Configure the New Relic Gradle plugin.

Fixed

• Exclude signed jars from instrumentation

Support statement

We recommend you to upgrade 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.