We have changed the version numbering system for Android Studio to more closely align with IntelliJ IDEA, the IDE upon which Android Studio is built. For more information, see the release notes.
We are updating the version numbering for Android Gradle plugin (AGP) to more closely match the underlying Gradle build tool. Therefore, AGP 7.0 will be the next release after AGP 4.2. For more details, see Versioning changes in the AGP release notes.
This update includes fixes for the following issues: