Android Studio 3.6 Canary 5 available

Android Studio 3.6 Canary 5 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

If you have Android Studio set to receive updates on the Canary or Dev 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

• Issue #135132378: "Generate Signed Bundle or APK" => "Module" list order problem

Data Binding

• Issue #135147332: Make sure "safeUnbox" doesn't show an "unresolved reference" error

Gradle

• Issue #133092984: DataBinding modules cause MergeDebugResources to run
• Issue #131659806: Databinding-generated classes have non-deterministic ordering, defeating gradle's remote build cache
• Issue #134766811: Gradle plugin 3.6.0-alpha02 with removeUnusedResources causes app to crash on start
• Issue #130363042: Gradle should guarantee delivery of error messages
• Issue #130740393: Error running unit tests in Android Studio 3.4
• Issue #133727918: Pass AAPT generated main dex list rules to R8
• Issue #68759476: ExtractAnnotations is not relocatable
• Issue #135665414: Aapt exception points to AndroidManifest by mistake
• Issue #133354240: The Android Gradle plugin should not extend the JavaCompile task

Kotlin

• Issue #128835109: resources.srcDirs = ['src'] option in gradle leakes .kt source code in artifact (APK)

Layout Editor

• Issue #134801179: Bug : Layout Editor shapeAppearenceOverlay attribute

Lint

• Issue #126221824: Enforce RestrictTo(LIBRARY_GROUP) when the API is defined in another project
• Issue #68398926: Add an option to specify group and artifactId for lint
• Issue #135275901: "LambdaLast" check probably shouldn't apply to Executor
• Issue #132668553: Custom view Lint
• Issue #134237547: UnknownNullness should run on Kotlin sources and detect platform type propagation
• Issue #135681813: vector drawable compat error message needs more info

New Project Wizard

• Issue #135761384: Bad ExampleInstrumentedTest file created

Project System

• Issue #129994596: IllegalStateException: buildOutput.apkData must not be null when building with obfuscation [3.4.0-rc03]
• Issue #129612500: Opening 2nd Project causes Indefinite display of "Indexing paused due to batch update"

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 3.6, 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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