Android Studio 3.6.2 available

Android Studio 3.6.2 is now available in the Stable channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download here.

This minor release includes the following changes:
Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #143402226: Paths in different JDKs warnings swapped

Build Variants

• Issue #142608498: AS forgets selected build variant

Data Binding

• Issue #147609508: Data Binding not resolving the binding class for layouts in different sourceSet

Design Tools

• Issue #128599052: IDE becomes sluggish while trying to use eye dropper tool from color picker dialog

Import/Sync

• Issue #149045341: Very long sync times when consuming a custom configuration

IntelliJ

• Issue #124680708: Git Push Crashes from IDE

Lint

• Issue #150506104: Lint failure when upgrading to 3.6.x

Shrinker (R8)

• Issue #147972078: 4.0.0-alpha08 - java.lang.RuntimeException: Cannot create an instance of class ViewModel
• Issue #144437165: ServiceLoaderRewriter not working for multiple services.
• Issue #146534384: `NoSuchMethodException: parameter type is null` moshi with R8
• Issue #149890887: NPE in MemberRebindingAnalysis.firstLibraryClassForInterfaceTarget
• Issue #148929520: IllegalArgumentException: Multiple entries with same key: Method $$ServiceLoaderMethods.$load0
• Issue #150274427: RET should be handled by the ASM jsr inliner
• Issue #149729626: R8 full mode removes constructors kept by Proguard
• Issue #149554602: The R8 1.6.X 2.0.X compile project crashed,it looks like a bug form CodeRewriter.java(EnumValueOptimizer.java)
• Issue #150688800: "NullPointerException during IR Conversion" with gradle plugin 3.6.1
• Issue #150325706: R8 failed after upgrading to AGP v3.6.0
• Issue #150330356: NullPointerException during IR Conversion with android-gradle-plugin 3.6.0

Testing

• Issue #148341176: Android Studio using out of date sources to run tests
• Issue #144788300: "Test framework quit unexpectedly" after running Espresso tests in Studio 3.6

View Binding

• Issue #150405777: Add modification tracker for view binding enabled / disabled

For information on new features and changes in all releases of Android Studio, see the Android Studio release notes.

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