deployment - Android Studio not deploying changes to app

Question

Sometimes this scenario occurs when developing. I would make a change in my source code, hit save all and then run but the change wouldn't be apparently not reflected in the app -(I'm using a device for testing). I can even uninstall the app on my device, and hit run again and the newly installed app still hasn't reflected the change in the source code. When this happens I have to edit the source, hit run and maybe then a new version with the changes I expected will be on the device.

I also tried the solution here, but it doesn't seem to work often.

Android Studio - Deploys my app without new changes

Answer 1

EDIT2 (2020-03-09)

If you are using gradle 6.0 in your gradle-wrapper.properties, you may also encounter a similar situation because there is this bug in 6.0 version. Try 6.0.1 instead.

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Yesterday (2018-03-27) Android Studio published an official update from 3.0.1 to 3.1, and it looks like a lot of people (including me) start running into this issue again.

Credit to #5 comment here, below is how it solved:

In Android Studio, go to Run > Edit Configuration.

Under Before launch:, if you cannot find Gradle-aware Make, just like below:

Add Gradle-aware Make and leaving Task empty.

Warning: I don't know what these action means, and whether it will cause any side-effects. Appreciate if someone can give more explanation on it!

EDIT

Thanks to @ChristopherSmit referenced, this page mentions that Gradle-aware make means "Compile the project and run Gradle".
At first I guess this may make Runs take longer time even if no code has been changed; but after testing, the second time is still much faster if no code has been changed.
Given that fact that this is a default option if you create a new project using AS 3.1, I think this configuration is pretty safe.