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title: "What is an ANR notification in Android?"  
description: "What is an ANR notification in Android?"  
author: "Tushar singh"  
published: 2018-01-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33367/what-is-an-anr-notification-in-android  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["android"]  
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# What is an ANR notification in Android?

What is an [ANR](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2565/what-is-anr) [notification](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/205/property-notification-in-c-sharp) in [Android](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1672/android-internals)?

## Answers

### Answer by Prateek sharma

**ANR** stands for Android Not Responding. it means that your app is getting **crashed**. You will receive this notification if you are doing some heavy work on the main thread or there is some error in your code.

to know the root cause of ANR you can **debug** your app or use **log** statements to figure out the crash. An ANR arrises in order to avoid memory leaks or unnecessary use of resources. you will see a pop up on your phone if the app gets crashed and the app will automatically get closed.


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