Release Updates

Android Studio 3.1 Beta 3 is now available

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Android Studio 3.1 Beta 3 is now available in the Canary, Dev, and Beta channels. This update includes fixes for the following public issues:

Issue#72082657: "Unable to find manifest output" after update to 3.1.0-alpha08(canary-8)

Issue#72758525: Verifier rejected class C0: float C0.M6() failed to verify: float C0.M6(): [0xB] copy1 v1<-v0 type=Imprecise Constant: -128

Issue#72811434: D8 seems to mistakenly remove an infinite loop during compilation

Issue#72258872: Lint is wrongly detecting "CheckResult" in Kotlin code

Issue#72509078: HalfFloat false positive on converting short into Half using its APIs.

Issue#72581487: Bug: Elvis operator on cursor initialization -> "Missing recycle() calls" warning

Issue#72685131: ObsoleteSdkInt check does not flag == comparisons against APIs lower than min SDK.

Issue#72753926: Remove lint check for targetSdkVersion != Support Library version

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API 27 Google Play System Image (rev 3) is now available

Thursday, February 15, 2018

We're excited to bring you this update to the Android 8.1 system image because it is now a CTS compliant image that includes the Play Store!
We've also fixed the following major issues:
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/70919913 - API 27 images have no ro.opengles.version set https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/73230983 - E/Google Maps Android API: Google Maps Android API v2 only supports devices with OpenGL ES 2.0 and above https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/70823706 - 27 API emulator is very laggy.
This API 27 image also contains a working implementation of Camera HAL3 (https://source.android.com/devices/camera/camera3), allowing developers to use the latest camera APIs.

Android Studio 3.1 Beta 2 is now available

Friday, February 9, 2018

Issue#70760059:Vector Asset Wizard Generates Drawables That Crash on Android 5.0-6.0

Issue#71364472: IllegalArgumentException: ExtensionsAreaImpl.getExtensionPoint (ExtensionsAreaImpl.java:339)←ExtensionsAreaImpl.getExtensionPoint(ExtensionsAreaImpl.java:347)

Issue#71912095:Unable to import SVG file with named stop-color

Issue#71991293: Guava 23.6-jre breaks lint analysis.

Issue#72085541: Deploying multidex application to API 19, then 27 fails

Issue#72116899: dex task output useless dexer choice always.

Issue#72158988: Welcome screen is too high on Hidpi screens

Issue#72169718: SDK Manager loads all packages twice.

Issue#72193159: Gradle-Aware Make pre-launch step disappears from Android JUnit run configs

Issue#72226260: "Virtual Device Configuration" window is too small in hidpi screens

Issue#71809249: Kotlin Lint false positive when using lambdas and higher-order functions

Issue#72039872: Application crashes at runtime

Issue#72233223: Update "what's new" menu item to use UTM tracking URL

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ConstraintLayout 1.1.0 beta 5

Thursday, February 8, 2018

dependencies { compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.1.0-beta5'}https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/constraint/ConstraintLayout.html

Fix barrier issues (wrap_content behavior)

Added missing ConstraintSet.constrainCircle() method

Chain RTL behavior fix

Android Studio 3.1 Canary 9 is now available

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Important:Canary or Dev channelHelp > Check for UpdateAndroid Studio > Check for Updatesdownload here

Android Studio 3.1 Canary 8 is now available

Friday, January 12, 2018

issue #70915745Canary or Dev channelHelp > Check for UpdateAndroid Studio > Check for Updatesdownload here

Android Studio 3.1 Canary 7 is now available

Friday, January 5, 2018

Android Studio 3.1 Canary 7 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels, and includes general bug fixes.
If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on Mac). Otherwise, you can download here.

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