Prepare release 5.3.1 (#794)

Author: gthea

CHANGES.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+5.3.1 (Jul 30, 2025)
+- Fixed race condition in database initialization.
+- Fixed increased ANRs when pausing task executor.
+
 5.3.0 (May 28, 2025)
  - Added support for rule-based segments. These segments determine membership at runtime by evaluating their configured rules against the user attributes provided to the SDK.
  - Added support for feature flag prerequisites. This allows customers to define dependency conditions between flags, which are evaluated before any allowlists or targeting rules.

build.gradle

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ apply from: 'spec.gradle'
 apply from: 'jacoco.gradle'
 
 ext {
-    splitVersion = '5.3.0'
+    splitVersion = '5.3.1'
     jacocoVersion = '0.8.8'
 }
 

src/main/java/io/split/android/client/service/executor/SplitBaseTaskExecutor.java

@@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ public void submitOnMainThread(SplitTask splitTask) {
     }
 
     public void pause() {
-        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-        while (!mScheduledTasks.isEmpty() && (System.currentTimeMillis() - start) < 500L) {
-            try { Thread.sleep(50); } catch (InterruptedException e) { break; }
-        }
         mScheduler.pause();
     }