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They didn't say how they fixed it. I doubt the vendor updated the Android version. Did Netflix make a change to ensure they're always making the thread in the foreground?


My impression is that the bug workaround was for the integrator to make sure the application was in the foreground before calling the Ninja handler


> The integrator back-ported the patch (linked above) to L. It is literally only a few lines so this was straightforward. Some of the hardest problems take 1 or 2 lines to fix :)


yeah I also hit this impression. despite all the investigation and detail it seems in the end it was an exercise in hand washing and blame shifting.




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