For a long time, we have been waiting for something new and interesting from Android. This year we finally got the long-awaited update and now it is followed by problems that may not seem the most obvious. And it was difficult to identify them during testing. Due to the small distribution of the 12th version of this operating system, at the moment it is difficult to say that the error found is critical, and it is related to games, but it is still worth talking about such a bug. Moreover, when a couple of days ago this information appeared for the first time, it seemed like something ephemeral, but now more and more people are complaining about it. Until Android 12 becomes massively available, this problem needs to be urgently addressed, but first we need to figure it out.
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Main feature of Android 12
One of the main new elements of Android 12 is the Material You theme creation engine . Using the wallpaper as a guide, Android automatically changes the color accents on your smartphone to create a coherent visual experience.
If this is not done, then everything will look very heterogeneous, and the colors of the interface will be a nightmare for the designer.
When you combine this new feature with automatic wallpaper changing, you get a really cool and very colorful Android look. Unfortunately, this week’s Android bug 12 is causing serious problems. And the most annoying thing, it seems that this is directly related to the work of the new Material You function. It is she who, apparently, is able to “bring confusion” into the system. This was initially reported by representatives of XDA-Developers, finding a new entry in the bug tracker related to this issue.
Bug in Android 12
The good news is that you need to meet some very specific requirements to encounter this kind of error. At the moment, you can even say that you will have to specifically chase after this error , because not everyone even has the equipment that allows you to identify it.
Android 12 is good, but it still has enough bugs.
First, you must have a Google Pixel phone with Android 12 installed, as the Material You theme engine is still exclusive to this lineup. These are models starting from Google Pixel 3 and newer, including a-versions.
Secondly, you need to activate a system that automatically changes your phone’s wallpaper. This could be the tool that came with your phone or a third-party application.
Thirdly, you will need to run the Android game. Only in this case you will encounter the error itself in the form of the game crashing every time you change the wallpaper in the background.
Obviously, this is a very specific set of circumstances, and now you can not worry about it, but the more common the operating system becomes, the more likely it is that tens and hundreds of thousands of new users will encounter the error.
Is Google aware of Android 12 issues
I would like to believe that the solution to the problem lies on the surface, and Google will not have to rewrite the operating system code for a long time and painfully. So far, from the positive news, we can only say that Google knows about the problem and is already working to ensure that it does not interfere with users playing their favorite games.
It was this external beauty that became the problem for Android 12.
Now we can give only one piece of advice to those who have encountered game crashes for a (seemingly) incomprehensible reason. Everything is very simple. You just need to turn off the automatic wallpaper change of your phone. In this case, the games will work stably and will not crash. Of course, if there are no other problems.
Errors in new firmware
Bugs in software products are nothing out of the ordinary. When dozens of developers create an OS, then hundreds of closed testers test it, and then tens of thousands of open users clean up after them, it still cannot be compared with the millions of naughty pens who start doing whatever they want with the software after it is released.
Sometimes the software even responds, but this is not the case, and Google is already working on a solution to the problem.