Android Studio 4.1 RC 1 available

Android Studio 4.1 RC 1 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you have Android Studio set up to receive updates on the Beta channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (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 4.1, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

We greatly appreciate your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. Note that you can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that you are also affected by it.

General Fixes

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #161405989: Projects using ivy repositories cannot sync
• Issue #161774530: LintChecks configuration resolved in non-lenient way

Deployment

• Issue #160192216: Bug: still can't build&run a new project on Android Studio

Lint

• Issue #161362796: False positives in lint check NonConstantResourceIdDetector