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General fixes
This update also includes fixes for the following public issues:
Shrinker (R8)- Issue #174167294: App failed to run when upgraded to AGP 4.1
- Issue #172999904: R8 Slowdown and Timeout Due to number of proguard rules
- Issue #170716961: com.android.tools.r8.CompilationFailedException: Compilation failed to complete
- Issue #171982443: Default method called using invoke-static instead of invoke-interface with AGP 4.1 (r8 2.1.62)
- Issue #173184123: Public tracking bug for b/172895918 - R8 crashing with java.lang.NullPointerException
- Issue #173493930: Pressing the run button doesn't actually install the APK on the device, but Android studio reports operation succeeded
- Issue #173137937: Studio builds old files
- Issue #173209141: Application not killed after install
- Issue #173126306: Everytime, when you click "Run", the changes in the code are not applied. I have to run two times to apply changes
- Issue #173134919: Sync fails for unit tests in libraries when Android resources disabled
- Issue #167594703: JaCoCo plugin hangs for a long time
- Issue #170328018: AS 4.1+ fail to run junit tests, compailing about junit version being too low
- Issue #170657960: Embedded emulator on Windows never closes the emulator process