Android Studio 3.3 Release Candidate 3 available

Android Studio 3.3 Release Candidate 3 (RC3) 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.

Linter performance improvement

This release includes a fix for a Lint performance regression introduced in Android Studio 3.1. With this fix, the Lint performance has improved as much as 4X compared to Android 3.3 RC2.

Go to definition

Fix for "go to definition" for layouts, drawables and other file resources coming from AARs.


This update includes fixes for several bugs, including the following:

• Issue#120196378: Java 8 language support, as requested by android.enableR8.desugaring=true in your gradle.properties file, is not supported when android.enableR8=false.
• Issue#120168590: When enabling R8 full mode, it removes a field that is being used.
• Lint task takes longer with AGP 3.1.0-alpha07

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 3.3, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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