Android Studio 4.2 Beta 1 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 4.2, 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
Android Gradle Plugin
- Issue #171364505: Shrinking library with multidex enabled fails (after 4.0 -> 4.1 update)
- Issue #172055303: Disabling android resources in libraries breaks unit tests
- Issue #171300770: NullPointerException in CmakeServerExternalNativeJsonGenerator when refreshing linked C++ projects
- Issue #170657532: AssertDetector warn false positive since AGP4.1
- Issue #157584987: Android Gradle Plugin 3.6.x resulting larger .aab on debug build compared to AGP 3.5.x