Android Studio - Dolphin | 2021.3.1 Beta 5 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 Dolphin, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
General fixes and features
The following is list of general fixes in Android Studio Dolphin Beta 5. These are a result of your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. You can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that it also affects you.
Android Gradle Plugin
- Issue #234629577: AGP 7.2 com.android.test module unable to access com.android.app module's test fixture classes
ART
- Issue #231903117: [R8 3.3.40] dex2oat speed-profile invocation appears to hang on Android 8 device
Build Variants
- Issue #228441874: Variant switcher sometimes never finished
Import/Sync
- Issue #229949024: Switching variants while building never finishes
Shrinker (R8)
- Issue #236618700: R8 3.1.7-dev and above improperly optimizes Enums, leading to NoSuchFieldError
- Issue #230811741: NullPointerException during generation of dump using R8 3.3
- Issue #235184674: Assertion error: Cannot computer relationship for not set
- Issue #236294139: [R8 3.3.57] NoClassDefFound due to interface replaced with abstract class with higher SDK requirements
