The main difference between an ANR (Application Not Responding) and a crash in Android is:
ANR occurs when an app's main thread is blocked for too long, usually more than 5 seconds, preventing the system from receiving input events. This causes the system to display a dialog asking the user if they want to close the app. ANRs are often caused by performing long-running operations on the main thread, such as network requests or database queries[1][3].
A crash occurs when an app terminates unexpectedly due to an unhandled exception or signal. This can happen in any app component, even those running in the background. Crashes are often caused by issues like null pointer exceptions, illegal arguments passed to APIs, or complex multithreaded interactions[1][3].
In summary, an ANR is a responsive issue where the app becomes unresponsive to user input, while a...
