Android Studio 3.4 Beta 4 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 macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

This update includes fixes for the following public issues:
  • Issue #118149362: The "Setting" clipart icon creates unnecessary overhead by being drawn too elaborately
  • Issue #117374693: Android Studio incorrectly warns that s inside of VectorDrawables are unsupported on API 23 and below
  • Issue #110408030: CompatibleScreensManifest cache relocation problem
  • Issue #122950060: Aapt2 compile segfault on 16MB PNG.
  • Issue #120625735: Gradle sync failed
  • Issue #118596839: C++ parsing errors - wrong paths in android_gradle_build.json
  • Issue #123616298: Space in project path causes cmake 3.10 build to fail
  • Issue #123242448: Error: Program type already present: $r8$java8methods$utility$Integer$hashCode$II
  • Issue #123068484: Apk built with R8: java.lang.NoSuchFieldError
  • Issue #122940365: android.enableR8.libraries = false has no effect in Android Studio 3.4-beta1
  • Issue #123730538: Apk built with R8: java.lang.IllegalAccessError
  • Issue #122819537: Processing of Kotlin stdlib with -dontshrink hits a NamingLens assertion
  • Issue #123558506: R8 won't compress APK's kotlin folder
  • Issue #123575857: R8 incorrectly changes private readObject and writeObject to public final in classes implementing Serializable
  • Issue #122066794: Running androidTest from gradle and minifyEnabled shows 'NoClassDefFoundError' for Kotlin
  • Issue #78097962: [bug] Per project Studio settings getting lost.
  • Issue #123178228: AndroidClassWithOnlyInnerClassesBase.: Incorrect package name: 1
  • Issue #120687935: Custom view doesn't render correctly in Layout Preview if it's located in the same library module
  • Issue #123071296: Layout Bar ghost image, remains locked on screen. Cannot be removed until AS restart.
  • Issue #120409977: a suggestion for the design view
  • Issue #73826291: Memory leak in RenderTask.myAssetRepository
  • Issue #120750247: Android Studio 3.3 RC 2: Can not resolve symbol in studio editor for resource created by build phase
  • Issue #123393225: AndroidGotoRelatedProvider no longer finds AAR resources
  • Issue #123032845: Resource ID can't be resolved in XML and JAVA under some circumstances (but a project is compilable)
  • Issue #122944954: profiling-failed-in-android-studio-3-3 all apps crash with new AS 3.3 until you disable "adv. profiling"!
  • Issue #123377557: R class navigation doesn't work with AS 3.3 and AGP 3.1
  • Issue #123523414: GradleTaskRunners leak whenever app is run
  • Issue #122874775: Scanning files to index, out of memory.
  • Issue #122885760: In China, gradle sync will fail with "can not get time from google servers"
  • Issue #37104675: ddmlib sometimes loses clients after attach debugger followed by detach
  • Issue #37092608: SDK Manager complains about "No space left on device"
For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 3.4, 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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