Android Studio 3.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) 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 fixes for the following bugs:
  • Method minification with R8 did not complete in some cases.
  • Projects created in Android Studio used old dependencies and class names instead of new androidx names.


This update also includes a new version of the Jetifier library (1.0.0-alpha10), which is included in the updated Android Gradle Plugin (AGP 3.2.0-rc01).

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.