General fixes
This update also includes fixes for the following public issues:
Android Gradle Plugin
- Issue #152872138: Disabling AGP features causes ./gradlew connectedCheck to fail
- Issue #152996306: Occasional, hard-to-repro DexArchiveMergerException when building
- Issue #148525428: Android Studio 4.0 Canary 8 and 9 don't pick up versionCode changes when using app bundle and APK
- Issue #152759930: Main dex list fails w/o javac output
- Issue #152500503: Downgrade “Creating configuration” to debug-level?
Data Binding
- Issue #151239523: Data Binding / View Binding projects suffer performance due to BindingClassFinder.findAllBindingClasses
Dexer (D8)
- Issue #153042496: Support compatibility mode for JVM default in Kotlin for minSdkVersion 16-20
Import/Sync
Layout Inspector
- Issue #151496808: [BUG][4.0.0-beta02] LayoutInspector -> [+ Select Process ] Button does nothing...
Lint
- Issue #140642032: Kotlin class property annotated with VisibleForTesting not generating error/warning when called from other Kotlin code
- Issue #150292219: Lint runs twice as slow on AGP 4 Beta 1 + False Positive
- Issue #123835101: Quickfix is out of reach and crashes on same input
- Issue #151289778: [AGP 4.0.0-beta02] Lint fails with Java OutOfMemoryError
Shrinker (R8)
ViewBinding
- Issue #152413696: ViewBinding: including layout with an ID equal to the layout name produces "variable might not have been initialized"
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Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
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