

Object Animator Validation: Lint analyzes your code to make sure that your ObjectAnimator calls reference valid methods with the right signatures and checks that those methods are annotated with to prevent ProGuard from renaming or removing them during release builds.Obsolete SDK_INT Checks: Android Studio removes obsolete code that checks for SDK versions.New lint checks, including the following:.The baseline snapshot lets you start using lint to fail the build for new issues without having to go back and address all existing issues first. New lint baseline support allows you to use a snapshot of your project's current set of warnings as a baseline for future inspection runs so only new issues are reported.Lint uses the otherwise option to enforce the intended visibility of the method. The updated annotation now has an optional otherwise argument that lets you designate what the visibility of a method should be if not for the need to make it visible for testing. The new annotation for methods, classes, and packages lets you restrict an API. When adding a material icon using the Vector Import Dialog (File > New > Vector Asset), you can now filter the list of available icons by category or by icon name.The Layout Editor also now lets you create a list of favorite attributes so you don't have to click View all attributes to access the attributes you use most.Create packed, spread, and weighted linear groups with constraint chains.Define a view size based on an aspect ratio.The Layout Editor now includes support for two new ConstraintLayout features:.Android App Links are HTTP URLs that bring users directly to specific content in your Android app. The new App Links Assistant simplifies the process of adding Android App Links to your app into a step-by-step wizard.WebP is an image file format from Google that provides lossy compression (like JPEG) as well as transparency (like PNG) but can provide better compression than either JPEG or PNG.

Android Studio can now convert PNG, BMP, JPG, and static GIF files to WebP format.
