Android Studio 4.1 RC 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.
For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.1, 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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General Fixes
This update includes fixes for the following issues:
Android Gradle Plugin
- Issue #164163031: Android Studio 4.1 RC1 is not installing test apk built using AGP 4.1 RC1 on Emulator
- Issue #162244493: Can't reference test APK references in AGP 4.1
- Issue #165343136: AGP 4.1-rc01: exception during AS sync
- Issue #164844098: 4.1RC "Duplicate resources" build failure from drawable in -v24 directory
- Issue #165535092: Multi-release classes from dirs should be ignored when dexing
- Issue #79995034: Lint unused id does not take in account constraint_referenced_ids
- Issue #162255811: Unit testing fails to find some classes/methods in Studio 4.1