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

General fixes

This update includes fixes for the following public issues:
Core IDE
Gradle
  • Issue #123899777: Implementation transitive deps not available in runtime CP—AS 3.5 Canary 3
Layout Editor
Project System
  • Issue #117642376: Running unit tests through Android Studio 3.2.1 does not work when class has certain dependencies
Shrinker (R8)
  • Issue #128468335: Double check requirement for quotation of -repackageclasses and -flattenpackagehierarchy
  • Issue #128327089: Changing proguardFiles does not trigger recompilation when running tinstrumented est
  • Issue #128813358: R8 failed with an NPE exception on r8.shaking.Enqueuer.enqueueHolderIfDependentNonStaticMember
  • Issue #128917897: AbstractMethodError after updating from Android Gradle Plugin 3.3.2 to 3.4.0-rc02
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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