Android Studio 3.5 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.
Fixed issues where IDE hangs or freezes when editing XML files
We've fixed the underlying issues that were causing the IDE to hang or freeze after accepting an autocomplete suggestion in the XML editor. For more information, see Issue #133864394. If you continue to experience performance issues while editing XML files, please file a bug.General fixes
This update includes fixes for the following public issues:Binary Intelligence
- Issue #137768457: Multiple versions in dependencies.pb file
- Issue #137729143: Resources overriding strategy between external and local libraries resources is broken
- Issue #135201784: Studio 3.5 Beta 4 freezes while loading AndroidX project
- Issue #133377376: Android studio ide freezes
- Issue #132897042: NullPointerException in R8 Following Control Flow Obfuscation
- Issue #138044583: R8 compat mode removes unused constructor
- Issue #135172146: R8 fails with "Undefined value encountered during compilation"
- Issue #138668220: R8 fails when excuting task ":wallet:transformClassesAndResourcesWithR8ForRelease"
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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