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General fixes
This update also includes fixes for the following public issues:
Android Gradle Plugin- Issue #172055303: Disabling android resources in libraries breaks unit tests
- Issue #171364505: Shrinking library with multidex enabled fails (after 4.0 -> 4.1 update)
- Issue #170922353: Upgraded from AGP 4.0.2 to 4.1.0 and app crashes with Resources$NotFoundException: Resource ID #0x0
- "Project Structure" does not show up for APK Debugging projects
- Java Debugger crashes for API 29 and above
- Issue #161692523: Can't run/debug with Android App run configuration if app is stopped and unchanged from last run/debug
- Issue #159878401: "Cold Boot Now" on AVD Manager does not really cold boot emulator
- Issue #171280381: #$(call import-module,android/cpufeatures) in Android.mk will import all files in disk root
- Issue #171300770: NullPointerException in CmakeServerExternalNativeJsonGenerator when refreshing linked C++ projects
- Issue #165821809: Android Studio 4.1 RC 1 continuous UI freezing
- Find Usage is slow for C++ methods.
- Issue #167649682: When CoreLibraryDesugaring is enabled and APK is installed manually, the types of variables mapped in Gson are not correct.
- Touch events are displaced when started emulator in landscape
- Issue #170657960: Embedded emulator on Windows never closes the emulator process
- Issue #163608541: First time emulator launch using run does not appear in the android studio window
- Issue #162564820: "Enter" key doesn't work in Emulator tool window
- Issue #165969795: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/constants/evaluate/ParseUtilsKt
- Issue #162811644: Changing gradle files in Studio 4.1 displays two sync requests
- Issue #171801044: Android Studio 4.1 with Gradle 6.5 is always indexing!!!
- Issue #171334504: Updating indices covering full "c:" drive after update and even after reinstall
- Issue #170801047: Unable to create profiler recording configuration
- Native Memory Profiler not tracking all of memory
- Issue #171564196: CPU profiler recording fails for pre-O devices: trace file was not parsed
- forced upgrades interrupt sync
- Issue #171500188: Clip Art selector is empty
- Issue #152941155: Feature Request: Project Property with Android Studio version.
- Issue #160269604: Run command often does not start activity
- Add retrace to Studio
- Vertical Class Merging produces invalid dex for chrome
- Retargeting of invokes to DesugarCollections breaks inlining
- R8 Compilation failed (java.lang.NullPointerException)
- Issue #170677722: Full mode - Fragment 1.3.0-beta01 - FORCE inlining on non-inlinable on FragmentManager
- Issue #169584856: R8 - Compilation failed to complete
- Issue #169045091: Android Gradle plugin v4.0.0 and Gradle v6.1.1 causes AbstractMethodError on protected methods