Android Studio 3.6 Release Candidate 3 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:Dexer (D8)
- Issue #147865212: D8 in debug mode fails for valid local information spanning only a 'nop'
- Issue #146115250: Data Binding functionality stops working (Logs show crash in LayoutBindingShortNamesCache$3.compute)
- Issue #148173587: [Regression] Importing SVG is broken ("fillType was already specified")
- Issue #139859267: `Default Activity not found` error, "Multiple entries with same key" in ActivityAttributesSnapshot
- Issue #148021799: Unreachable DexItemBasedConstString in AGP 3.5.3
- Issue #148313389: Incorrect vertical class merging with full mode enabled leads to crash (AGP 3.6.0-rc1 and higher)
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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