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by j_s 3207 days ago
This has been a known issue with Android since at least 2009 (~2,700 stars); work done to address this is starting to trickle out this year.

https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/36908622

AAudio is a new C API. It is designed for high-performance audio applications that require low latency. It is currently in the Android O developer preview and not ready for production use. (Jun 2017)

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There are not a lot of artists at Google.

Until this changes, the media apis will lag as G attempts to maintain parity with other orgs. Google makes product for Google devs and incidentally for the world to use.