Android Studio Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Beta 4 is now available in the Beta channel.
If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Chipmunk, 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
This update addresses the following issues. For details of new features and bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
Android Gradle Plugin
- Issue #207670704: AGP 7.2.0-alpha05 breaks builds that use the Navigation Safe Args plugin
- Issue #204328120: Vague error for invalid values.xml file
- Issue #218370114: "Java file outside of source root" when using manifest.srcFile
- Issue #210484302: Android studio 2021.1.1 beta5 . Gradle sync fails with "Unable to load class 'com.android.build.api.extension.AndroidComponentsExtension'."
- Issue #196226533: AGP should not use ProjectComponentIdentifier.projectPath without ProjectComponentIdentifier.build
- Issue #203003899: AGP looks for ANDROID_SDK_ROOT, not ANDROID_HOME"
Build Variants
- Issue #158597249: versionNameSuffix no longer works if variant's version name is set via the new onVariants API
Compose Editing
- Issue #153769933: Import Auto-completion does type completion instead
Emulator
- Issue #220022493: UnsatisfiedLinkError: Unable to find image_converter.dll
Lint
- Issue #219645755: @TargetApi annotations are enforced on callers/li>
- Issue #219091668: Android lint NewApi regression
Navigation
- Issue #213086135: SafeArgs 2.4.0-rc01 and AGP 7.1.0-rc01 incompatible
- Issue #159542337: Safe Args used deprecated getApplicationIdTextResource with AGP 4.1+
Network Inspector
- Issue #217765670: Network Inspector in BumbleBee doesn't show the api response in readable format
- Issue #219572925: TrackedHttpURLConnection.getHeaderField crashes with NullPointerException
- Issue #220807361: I am constantly getting this error when the debugger is connected on the latest version of Android Studio.
- Issue #219563755: New Network inspector crashes after Bumblebee update
New Code/Templates
- Issue #117641634: Bug of error message: Argument for @NotNull parameter 'text2' of com/intellij/diff/comparison/ComparisonManagerImpl.isEquals must not be null