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This minor release improves stability and performance, and includes fixes for the following issues:
Gradle
- Issue #136806086: Task lintVitalRelease failing with Dynamic Features
- Issue #136112662: Android Studio consumes CPU for no reason
- Issue #129457736: Reformatting changes the order of elements
- Issue #138007389: Editor ends up with red symbols for resources
- Issue #137778460: The Empty Activity template is missing the androidx.test.ext:junit dependency
- Issue #139979809: Studio 3.5 asks for target emulator on "Run Project" even when one is already running
- Issue #139769782: Multiple entries with same key: Method com.google.firebase.iid.FirebaseInstanceId.zza Proto LLL com.google.android.gms.tasks.Task java.lang.String java.lang.String
- Issue #131140696: Unexpected conversion of imprecise type: WIDE when d8 compile class FIle
Databinding
- Issue #139738910: User gets compile error if their <variable> type omits the generic parameter
Deploying
- Issue #139782879: The application could not be installed: INSTALL_PARSE_FAILED_NOT_APK
For information on new features and changes in all releases of Android Studio, see the Android Studio release notes.
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