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+#### Application build and deployment
+
+- [GitHub Issue #5863](https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/issues/5863):
+  Setting the `AndroidFastDeploymentType` MSBuild property to `Assemblies:Dexes`
+  may result in an MSB3680 error "The source file "obj/Debug/androidx/jl/classes.dex" does not exist".
+- [GitHub PR #5860](https://github.com/xamarin/xamarin-android/pull/5860):
+  Improve Fast Deployment error reporting so that more error conditions get more unique
+  and actionable error messages.