Android Studio 3.5 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:
Build
- Issue #131271062: Gradle sync error "Conversion = 'F'"
- Issue #133403822: Unable to re-install APK from Studio 3.5 Beta 1
- Issue #118842646: Ability to selectively suppress warnings during D8 desugaring
- Issue #130917947: App dependencies incorrectly bundled in test apk when targeting Java 8
- Issue #133394180: Do not pass classpath to D8 if minSdkVersion is 24+
- Issue #133379765: cannot be cast to kotlin.jvm.functions.Function1
- Issue #129493704: Not honoring -dontusemixedcaseclassnames flag
- Issue #133167042: com.android.tools.r8.errors.Unreachable: com.android.tools.r8.errors.Unreachable: DexItemBasedConstString instructions should always be rewritten into ConstString
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.
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