A few days ago, Android Studio 4.0 Beta 2 has been released with the following updates:
Fix: Git version control error in IDE
Authentication operations in Git version control have been broken in the Android Studio 4.0 Beta 1 IDE.
To resolve this issue, upgrade to Android Studio 4.0 Beta 2.
Fix does not work in 4.0 Beta 2
The fix for Android Studio 4.0 Beta 2 is currently broken. To upgrade to a newer version of Android Studio 4.0, close Android Studio and download and install the latest package.
This issue will be fixed in the next release.
Dependency metadata
When building an app using the Android Gradle plug-in 4.0.0-beta02 and later, the plug-in contains metadata describing dependencies that have been compiled into the app. When the application is uploaded, the Play Console checks this metadata and provides the following:
Get alerts on known issues with SDKs and dependencies used by your app
Receive actionable feedback to resolve these issues
The data is compressed, encrypted with a Google Play signing key, and stored in the signature field of the published application. You can check the metadata yourself in a local intermediate build file in the following directory: //build/outputs/sdk-dependencies/release/sdkDependency.txt.