Android Studio 4.2 Beta 4 is now available in the Beta channel.
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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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New Gradle property: android.native.buildOutput
To reduce clutter in build output, AGP 4.2 filters messages
from native builds that use CMake and ndk-build,
displaying only C/C++ compiler output by default. Previously, a line of output
was generated for every file that was built, resulting in a large quantity of
informational messages.
For usage information, see the release notes.
General Fixes
Android App Bundles
- Issue #171462060: [AGP 4.1.0] ./gradlew app:installDebugAndroidTest incorrectly tries to fetch APK from App Bundle
- Issue #174839536: ConnectedAndroidTest still run even there is no test files with Gradle Plugin 7.0.0-alpha02
- Issue #176998942: Exception while trying to import/sync project in AS 4.2 b3 with Gradle source dependency. 4.1.1 passes.
- Issue #169266007: issues related with android.defaultConfig.ndk.debugSymbolLevel
- Issue #175718909: After upgrad NDK to 22, AGP-externalNativeBuild error
- Issue #171563671: Pinch & Zoom not longer works
- Issue #170656529: [AGP 4.1] lint module being evaluated in improper context
- Issue #175741231: Bug: choosing Lint quick-fix for conversion to WEBP, its dialog gets stuck, hard to even close it
- Issue #174793640: Arctic Fox Canary 2: Android Gradle Plugin Upgrade Assistant is upgrading kotlin gradle plugin to the wrong value