Android Studio 3.2 Beta 5 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you have Android Studio set up to receive updates on the Beta channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on Mac). Otherwise, you can download it here.

This update includes the following change in behavior:
  • Android Studio now enforces a minimum Protobuf Gradle plugin version of 0.8.6.

This update includes the following bug fixes:
  • Translations Editor rows weren't aligned properly after scrolling.
  • Running another project using GradleBuild was causing java.lang.IllegalMonitorStateException: attempt to unlock read lock, not locked by current thread.
  • Layout styles were improperly requiring API level 17 instead of 15.
  • Android Studio wasn't properly navigating to certain styles with error message: "Cannot find declaration to go to".
  • Linter wasn't properly resolving some API level values.


For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 3.2, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

We greatly appreciate your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. Note that you can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that you are also affected by it.