Android Studio 3.6 Release Candidate 1 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.
New option for optimizing Gradle sync time
To improve Gradle Sync performance, go to File > Settings > Experimental and select Do not build Gradle task list during Gradle sync. When you enable this option, Android Studio skips building the task list during sync, which allows Gradle Sync to complete faster and improves UI responsiveness.
To learn more, see the release notes.
General fixes
This update also includes fixes for the following public issues:Core IDE
- Issue #144668812: Importing SVG file with a style combination creates incorrect vector drawable
- Issue #144788290: Changes to data binding layouts are not processed by the IDE
- Issue #145086611: SVG cannot be converted to Android Vector Drawable
- Issue #143375935: AS 4.0 Canary 1 - INSTALL_FAILED_NOT_APK
- Issue #144896521: Update AGP 3.6 to Gradle 5.6.4
- Issue #143762955: AGP 3.6.0 beta01 - Runtime "NoClassDefFoundError" for R resources during JVM unit test without R8 turned on
- Issue #144249620: Calling registerJavaGeneratingTask with only kotlin sources in a kotlin-only project triggers javac with no sources
- Issue #145125886: Integrate jetifier beta08 to AGP
- Issue #144443057: Select resource (Pick a resource dialog) displays hidden files too (named with prefix .)
- Issue #141255591: ViewBinding loses package of included view after modifying it
- Issue #140882631: Incorrect package name for
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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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