Android Studio 4.0 Canary 3 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.
For more information, see the release notes.
Build Speed window
When using Android Studio 4.0 Canary 3 with Android Gradle plugin 4.0.0-alpha03 and higher, the new Build Speed window is available to help you understand and diagnose issues with your build process, such as disabled optimizations and improperly configured tasks. For usage instructions, see the release notes.Multi Preview
Multi Preview is a visual tool for simultaneously previewing layouts in different devices and configurations, which can help catch potential issues in your layouts.You can access this feature by clicking on the Multi Preview tab in the top-right corner of the IDE window. For more information, see the release notes.
General fixes
This update includes fixes for the following public issues:Android App Bundles
- Issue #141663290: Use R8 to generate splits instead of DexSplitter
- Issue #143676769: Unsupported color format "rgba(143,253,253,0)"' when converting SVG to vector drawable
- Issue #141573404: Plugin 3.5.0 fails on sdk addon. 3.4.2 worked fine.
- Issue #130224064: Need KTS parser
- Issue #124415929: Android Studio not reporting new versions for some dependencies, when using ext variables for version number
For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.0, 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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