RxJavaPlugins Error Didn't find class “com.google.devtools.build.android.desugar.runtime.ThrowableExtension”

Question

After upgrading Android Studio 3.0 Beta 1 getting the following error. When I downgraded the error disappeared.

Studio Build: Android Studio 3.0 Beta 1 Version of

Answer 1

I also encountered the same error after upgrading to AS 3.0 Beta 1 and found a workaround: I made a copy of the ThrowableExtension.java file from Google's sources and put it in app\src\main\java\com\google\devtools\build\android\desugar\runtime (you have to create those folders).