Android L tipped to fix battery drain bug caused by Nexus 5 camera app

If you’ve noticed that the camera app on your Nexus 5 has been draining your battery more than it should, we’d say you’re not alone. There is either a new bug or the previous bug is alive and well and draining you of your phone’s charge. An “mm-qcamera-daemon” activity has been showing up on some Nexus 5 phones. The issue reportedly appears when the daemon enters a stuck state, which then consumes a large number of CPU cycles and drains your battery faster. And while Google won’t publicly comment on this issue, they seem to be working on it. A Googler marked the bug as “future release in the AOSP tracker. This means there is a chance that Android L update will remedy this issue.

Source: Ubergizmo

Android L Keyboard taken down from Google Play

One of the more distinctive new features of the upcoming Android L OS is the "Material Design" makover for which the keyboard experience plays a major part. A developer took the keyboard component off a developer preview, repackaged it into a standalone app and sold in on Google Play so users of older devices could get a taste of the new keyboard's look, feel and functionality. Well, Google's taken notice and taken down the app. Since developer simply took someone else's work and is profiting from it, he likely broke Google’s Developer Distribution Agreement.

Source: Phandroid

OnePlus One to deliver Android L ‘within three months’ of Google’s release

In case any of you have been wondering if Android’s upcoming operating system will be making its way to the OnePlus One device, wonder no more. A representative from the company posted on its forum announcing that the device will be “getting the L treatment” within three months of Google’s release of the final build. OnePlus One currently uses CyanogenMod’s 11S build, a highly modified version of Android 4.4.2 KitKat. We’d like to see how they’d treat Android’s upcoming OS.

Source: Android Central