Android Studio 3.0 Beta 1 is now available in the Canary and Dev Channels.


Known issue: If you have an existing Android Studio project that's using an alpha version of Android plugin 3.0.0 (such as 3.0.0-alpha9), you may get the following error when you migrate to Android plugin 3.0.0-beta1 and sync your project: Gradle project refresh failed.

 Resolve this issue selecting Build > Clean Project from the menu bar—you need to perform this action only once for each project. You can then sync your project files with Gradle by clicking Sync Project from the toolbar.
This release includes various bug fixes, including the following:
  • Fixed an issue where using the Kotlin plugin crashes with a classloading issue.
  • Fixed an issue where the menu bar no longer appears. (Issue #63743086)