Google released Android 11 Developer Preview 3 yesterday. It can be installed on all the Pixel smartphones except on the original duo. The DP1 debuted in February, followed by the DP2 in March. The search giant has planned a total of six Android 11 Developer Previews before officially launching the new OS in the second half of the year. That being said, just like the first two DPs, the Android 11 DP3 has also brought new features and changes.

Officially, Google has stated five new changes in Android 11 DP3 and they are as mentioned below.

App exit reasons updates

Apps on Android can exit for various reasons such as crash, system kill or user action. Being a developer, its necessary to know why the app exited. Hence, Google has introduced new exit reasons API to request details of the app’s recent exits.

GWP-ASan heap analysis

With GWP-ASan heap analysis, developers can find and fix memory safety issues. It is a sampling allocation tool that detects heap memory errors. It is enabled by default in platform binaries and system apps but developers can enable it on their apps as well.

ADB Incremental

Google has increased the installation speed of large APKs (2GB+) like games over ADB by 10x times. This feature is currently only available on Pixel 4/4XL as it requires the new Incremental File System. Developers will have to sign their APKs with the new APK signature scheme v4 format and use updated ADB command line tool to install them. Devices launching with Android 11 in the future will have the new file system to support this feature.

Wireless Debugging

The new ‘Wireless debugging’ in Developer options can utilize the full speed of the latest Wi-Fi standards. Developers can pair their Android 11 DP3-running device with their PC simply entering pair code. To further improve the experience, Google has plans to add QR code scanning for pairing in the future.

Data access auditing updates

Data access auditing lets developer instrument their app to better understand how it accesses user data and from which user flows. Additionally, several APIs have been renamed and hence it is advised to check out the changes.

Further, as per the timeline provided by Google, Android 11 Beta releases will begin next month, i.e. May. Which means like the last two years, developers and interested users will be able to try the latest Android on specific devices from different OEMs.

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Most of the high-end and mid-range smartphone has either received or on the verge to receive the latest and the greatest Android 10 update. The latest iteration of the Android offers various new features and advancements while enriching the overall user experience. Unfortunately, such experience has become a distant dream for some Android 10 users as they are facing random freezing and unresponsive UI issues.

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According to Android Police’s Artem Russakovskii, his Pixel 4 is constantly freezing, and the whole system UI keeps hanging. However, the UI unfreezes sometimes if the app comes to life after a few seconds. The apps like Amazon, Twitter, YouTube, YouTube Music, and Google PlayStore are freezing.  Many users affected by the same issue reported to his tweet by sharing their ordeal via comments.

Another thing that really bothers me on the Pixel 4 XL – when an app freezes up, it oftentimes locks up the whole UI. Notifications, home gesture – everything becomes unresponsive.

Sometimes the UI unfreezes when the app does, sometimes the app remains frozen.

Anyone else?

— Artem Russakovskii (@ArtemR) April 17, 2020

The issue mostly affects Google’s Pixel devices with the stock Pixel launcher. OnePlus and Xiaomi devices are second-in-line reportedly facing the same bug. Moreover, the devices running Android 10, and an Android 11 developer are affected by the bug.

The feature doesn’t seem to be Pixel launcher related, as multiple users using third-party launcher also reported the same error. The issues are more related to Android 10, as some Reddit users revealed that it is also visible on Android 10 based custom ROMs, including AOSP 10, LineageOS 17.1, and more.

We expect an official statement from Google regarding the freezing issue. It is a widespread issue on Android 10 running devices. Do you have any such problem on your Android devices? Share with us via the comments below.

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