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title: "What is ANR?"  
description: "What is ANR?"  
author: "Barbara Jones"  
published: 2014-10-28  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2235/what-is-anr  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android sdk"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is ANR?

ANR is short for Application Not Responding. This is actually a dialog that appears to the user whenever an application have been unresponsive for a long period of time.

## Answers

### Answer by Barbara Jones

ANR is short for Application Not Responding. This is actually a dialog that appears to the user whenever an application have been unresponsive for a long period of time.


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