Android Studio Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 RC 1 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 #223365583: Duplicate class issues reported by R8
Benchmark
- Issue #218993229: Android Studio Microbenchmark template fails to build
C++ Build
- Issue #202985154: Path to ninja stripped on windows, causing CXX410 error
- Issue #159411906: externalNativeBuildClean runs preBuild also when using AGP 4.0.0
- Issue #206099937: Very confusing error when ninja and cmake are in different directories
Code Editor
- Issue #205182725: Unresolved class name in proguard rules
Gradle Files Editor
- Issue #22483370: Warning about Version catalog should be more clear
Import/Sync
- Issue #208357458: Cannot sync project with KMP module in Chipmunk with MPSS
- Issue #217593057: Syncing with Gradle files fails with AGP 7.3.0-alpha01 in Chipmunk Studio
Lint
- Issue #220332124: Lint setup is broken in source-set-per-module scenario
- Issue #225936245: [Lint] "Recycle" detector incorrectly flags animations as not being started
Macrobenchmark
- Issue #221207186: Macrobenchmark template matchingFallbacks + profileable
- Issue #220295214: Macrobenchmark template no .gitignore
- Issue #221074115: Macrobenchmark template wrong minSdk
- Issue #219042634: ExampleStartupBenchmark documentation refers to wrong attribute
- Issue #219483595: ExampleStartupBenchmark uses non-existing CompilationMode.SpeedProfile
Memory
- Issue #216490721: Symbolication is broken for Memory Profiler
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