Android Studio 3.6 Beta 5 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.
General fixes
This update also includes fixes for the following public issues:Design Tools
- Issue #144057801: Bug: importing SVG files create incorrect VectorDrawable
- Issue #140508065: Jars packaged with AAR not added to desugaring classpath
- Issue #144553651: Incorrect R8 version parsing for targeted rules
- Issue #142543668: AppPublishingTest fails with Gradle 6.0
- Issue #143833199: File>New>Vector Asset: Error messages half hidden and non-helpful.
- Issue #142597725: Add autocomplete support for tools:ignoreViewBinding
- Issue #142742308: Having <fragment> tag as root of layout file generates ViewBinding that does not compile
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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