Android Studio 3.6 Canary 9 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.
New default packaging tool
When using Android Gradle plugin 3.6.0-alpha09 or higher to build the debug version of your app, the plugin uses a new packaging tool, called zipflinger, to package your APK. This new tool should provide build speed improvements. However, if you experience issues, please report a bug. You can also revert to using the old packaging tool by including the following in yourgradle.properties file:
android.useNewApkCreator=false
To learn more, read the Android 3.6 Preview release notes.
General fixes
This update includes fixes for the following public issues:APK Viewer
- Issue #71548335: Selecting and copying (cmd+c) bytecode in APK Analyzer puts "/classes.dex" in the clipboard
- Issue #135678942: Multi-module project autocompletion on not included module
- Issue #139017699: AGP 3.6.0-alpha05 fails to compile. Unresolved reference to included layout file
- Issue #139371048: Gradle sync fails with "ERROR: myNamemyName"
- Issue #130257706: "Quick documentation" for Android SDK is actually unacceptably Slow, by default.
- Issue #129008025: Move download of javadoc/source from Gradle to Studio
- Issue #137882002: Unresolved layouts, menus and drawables in 3.6 on Windows
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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