Android Standard Edition Release Notes

Certified against Android 11
Updated placements so that ad requests are paused while the application is backgrounded
Updated impression counting mechanism in inline, interstitial and native placements
Updated Open Measurement SDK to v1.3.9
Updated caching API

Fixed intermittent crash when an SSP report is sent before the SDK is initialized

Fixed crash with SSP reporter when payload gets large due to unavailable network connectivity
Fixed crash on video player when restoring a video playback session
Fixed crash when camera information is not available
Fixed crash in ThreadUtils when app is shutting down
Updated video ads to be muted when they are auto-played
Updated VAST video ad loading timeout from 5 to 30 seconds
Updated native component request timeout to 30 seconds
Fixed bug on URI PEX that resulted in the onAdLeftApplication callback not being called on exit
Updated log messages when OM SDK is not initialized

Added ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE as a required permission in AndroidManifest.xml
Fixed bug where mute and reply buttons are displayed under the video on Android 4.4
Fixed memory leaks in WebView and Native Placement
Fixed bug where OM SDK “resume” events were not being fired after app is brought back from background

Added Bidding Token API to support upstream server-to-server bidding providers
Added new environment metadata to ad requests to support native demand
Added ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE as a required permission in the integration guide
Fixed issue where US Privacy string needed to be set twice
Fixed crash that could occur when VAST creatives contained missing Open Measurement parameters

Fixed issue where native impression trackers were not fired when an ad was shown

Replaced setConsentData(Map<String, String> consentData, boolean restrictedOrigin) with setPrivacyData(Map<String, Object> privacyData) in VASAds. See the Privacy Settings Guide for more details
Moved Custom Targeting and Keywords data passing into the Extras map in RequestMetadata
Updated Open Measurement SDK and JS to v1.2.20
Fixed crash that occurred when fireImpression was called on a null inline ad instance

Certified against Android 10
Changed placement cache behavior so that ads in the cache are now completely loaded and ready to be displayed
Removed error log for missing omVendors parameters
Fixed issue where inline ads in an expanded state were not automatically closed when destroyed
Fixed issue where no-fills could be reported as errors
Fixed crash due to VASTActivity NPE

Fixed issue where attempting to initialize without a Site ID may result in a crash

Fixed crash occurring when an interstitial ad was destroyed prior to the user dismissing it

Added support for OM SDK measurement for Native ads
Added support for Custom Chrome Tabs for web and native content
Added a client-side video completion callback to the interstitial placement to support rewarded video publishers
Updated Native Placement API to support upstream mediation
Updated audio volume tracking to reduce code complexity
Updated Google Play Services dependency to “compileOnly” to support apps with varying versions
Fixed issue where placement cache requests would only return one ad
Fixed issue where Creative Info was unavailable for Exchange ads
Fixed crash due to VASActivity NPE
Fixed issue where Google Advertising ID was not available on initial ad request