Android Studio 3.5 Beta 2 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:

Updates the Android Gradle plugin to using Gradle 5.4.1
R8 - D8 FIrebase performance plugin - Caused by: com.android.tools.r8.utils.AbortException: Error: program input module-info.class', Unsupported source file type
Main dex list is empty with dynamic features and Proguard
java.lang.IllegalAccessError: Illegal class access
Android Stuido 3.4 R8 proguard assumenosideeffects
Android Studio 3.5 Canary 13 - NullPointerException in com.android.tools.r8.naming.ClassNameMinifier
Request: always choose correct size when importing an SVG to be converted into VectorDrawable
Adding button breaks Layout builder
Code Formatting changes the order of <include> components in Layout hierarchy
Code Style gone from preferences
Cannot resolve symbol BuildConfig on 3.5 Canary 13
Warning when opening KTS-based project
PSD reports "release" build as missing if it is not explicitly declared
PSD does not reload errors.suggesting when receives additional data from Gradle

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 3.5, 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.