Android Studio 4.1 Canary 8 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.1 Canary 8 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

If you have Android Studio set to receive updates on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

Run the Android Emulator directly in Android Studio

You can now run the Android Emulator directly in Android Studio. Use this feature to conserve screen real estate, to navigate quickly between the emulator and the editor window using hotkeys, and to organize your IDE and emulator workflow in a single application window.

To learn more, see the release notes.

Improved instrumentation testing

Instrumentation tests can now be run across multiple devices in parallel and investigated using a specialized instrumentation test results panel. Using this panel, you can determine if tests are failing due to API level or hardware properties.

To learn more, see the release notes.

General Fixes

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #154145638: Use correct minSdkVersion when fetching desugar_lib_dex from transform
• Issue #154071907: Invalid app Bundles produced by AGP 4.1.0-alpha05

Code Editor

• Issue #150927331: Keep options modifiers not showing up in dropdown for autocomplete
• Issue #149423761: [Studio] Allow accessing built in tables in queries

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.1, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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Emulator 30.0.10 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• Removed prints about certs and GRPC on startup.
• macOS emulator no longer disables App Nap. If also run with -no-audio, the emulator should now stop from preventing sleep on macOS.
• Relaxed logical core requirement to 6 from 8 on macOS so more users can run images with multiple vCPUs.
• Fixed issue in Car AVDs where in the HAL property page, LEFT_FRONT was incorrectly labeled as "Front right".
• Fixed some GLES3 extensions not being able to be found after the move to static build in 30.0.8.
• eglChooseConfig called with null attrib_list argument now more liberally returns the first config found rather than bailing out.

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Emulator 30.0.10 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• Removed prints about certs and GRPC on startup.
• macOS emulator no longer disables App Nap. If also run with -no-audio, the emulator should now stop from preventing sleep on macOS.
• Relaxed logical core requirement to 6 from 8 on macOS so more users can run images with multiple vCPUs.
• Fixed issue in Car AVDs where in the HAL property page, LEFT_FRONT was incorrectly labeled as "Front right".
• Fixed some GLES3 extensions not being able to be found after the move to static build in 30.0.8.
• eglChooseConfig called with null attrib_list argument now more liberally returns the first config found rather than bailing out.

Android Studio 4.0 Beta 5 is now available in the Beta channel.

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Android Studio 4.0 Beta 5 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you have Android Studio set up to receive updates on the Beta channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

General fixes

This update also includes fixes for the following public issues:
Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #152872138: Disabling AGP features causes ./gradlew connectedCheck to fail
• Issue #152996306: Occasional, hard-to-repro DexArchiveMergerException when building
• Issue #148525428: Android Studio 4.0 Canary 8 and 9 don't pick up versionCode changes when using app bundle and APK
• Issue #152759930: Main dex list fails w/o javac output
• Issue #152500503: Downgrade “Creating configuration” to debug-level?

Data Binding

• Issue #151239523: Data Binding / View Binding projects suffer performance due to BindingClassFinder.findAllBindingClasses

Dexer (D8)

• Issue #153042496: Support compatibility mode for JVM default in Kotlin for minSdkVersion 16-20

Import/Sync

• Issue #149045341: Very long sync times when consuming a custom configuration

Layout Inspector

• Issue #151496808: [BUG][4.0.0-beta02] LayoutInspector -> [+ Select Process ] Button does nothing...

Lint

• Issue #140642032: Kotlin class property annotated with VisibleForTesting not generating error/warning when called from other Kotlin code
• Issue #150292219: Lint runs twice as slow on AGP 4 Beta 1 + False Positive
• Issue #123835101: Quickfix is out of reach and crashes on same input
• Issue #151289778: [AGP 4.0.0-beta02] Lint fails with Java OutOfMemoryError

Shrinker (R8)

• Issue #151964517: VerifyError rejected class with com.google.android.gms.internal.measurement.zzx
• Issue #152865051: Incorrect code after desugaring
• Issue #152715309: R8 does not work with TestModules AGP.4.1 alpha

ViewBinding

• Issue #152413696: ViewBinding: including layout with an ID equal to the layout name produces "variable might not have been initialized"

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.0, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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Android Studio 4.1 Canary 7 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.1 Canary 7 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

If you have Android Studio set to receive updates on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

Dagger navigation support

Android Studio makes it easier to navigate between your Dagger-related code by providing new gutter actions in the IDE and extending support in the Find Usages window.

To learn more, see the release notes.

General Fixes

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #148525428: Android Studio 4.0 Canary 8 and 9 don't pick up versionCode changes when using app bundle and APK

C++ Editor

• Issue #144938511: Android Studio doesn't support CMake's OBJECT library

Database Inspector

• Issue #153684330: "Refresh table" results in empty table for some queries

Lint

• Issue #140642032: Kotlin class property annotated with VisibleForTesting not generating error/warning when called from other Kotlin code

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.1, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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Android Studio 4.1 Canary 6 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.1 Canary 6 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

If you have Android Studio set to receive updates on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

Live updates in the Database Inspector

When inspecting a table in your app’s database, if your app makes updates to the table and you want to automatically see those updates in the Database Inspector window, check the box next to Live updates.

To learn more, see the release notes.

General Fixes

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #152872138: Disabling AGP features causes ./gradlew connectedCheck to fail
• Issue #152293185: android.dexingNumberOfBuckets' default value may prevent remote build cache hit
• Issue #152898926: "More than one file was found with OS independent path" when submodules have the same name
• Issue #152500503: Downgrade “Creating configuration” to debug-level?

Import/Sync

• Issue #152303796: The quickfix to update Gradle version has lost since Android Studio 4.0
• Issue #141613553: Studio should know what plugins are applied to the build

Lint

• Issue #123835101: Quickfix is out of reach and crashes on same input

Translations Editor

• Issue #145436360: Bug: never ending loading of Strings translation tool

ViewBinding

• Issue #152413696: ViewBinding: including layout with an ID equal to the layout name produces "variable might not have been initialized"

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.1, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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Android Studio 3.6.3 is now available in the Stable channel.

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Android Studio 3.6.3 is now available in the Stable channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download here.

This minor release fixes a caching issue for modules with DataBinding and bundles the Kotlin 1.3.71 plugin.
For information on new features and changes in all releases of Android Studio, see the Android Studio release notes.

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Emulator 30.0.9 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• Metrics are now tracked for extended window usage.
• Fixed issue where glTexStorage2D did not work with ASTC compressed texture formats (Requires corresponding change in system image)

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Emulator 30.0.9 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• Metrics are now tracked for extended window usage.
• Fixed issue where glTexStorage2D did not work with ASTC compressed texture formats (Requires corresponding change in system image)

Emulator 30.0.8 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• GLES translator libraries have been changed to be linked statically. This should slightly improve download size and startup time, while having fewer ways to link the wrong GLES libraries.
• Removed libGLES12Translator as we use an internal GLES1 translator in all cases now for GLES1.

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Emulator 30.0.8 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• GLES translator libraries have been changed to be linked statically. This should slightly improve download size and startup time, while having fewer ways to link the wrong GLES libraries.
• Removed libGLES12Translator as we use an internal GLES1 translator in all cases now for GLES1.

Android Studio 4.1 Canary 5 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.1 Canary 5 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

If you have Android Studio set to receive updates on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

New Database Inspector

Inspect, query, and modify your databases in your running app using the new Database Inspector. To get started, deploy your app to a device running API level 26 or higher, and select View > Tool Windows > Database Inspector from the menu bar.
To learn more, see the release notes.

General Fixes

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #152759930: Main dex list fails w/o javac output
• Issue #152428342: Build seems to be stuck
• Issue #146869072: Task failed on mergeExtDex
• Issue #146165298: Android library projects should only apply multidex to androidTestImplementation
• Issue #142449264: Resource shrinker: Avoid keeping entire R class
• Issue #146012747: Specify printconfiguration to ProGuard/R8 with a path to the mapping directory
• Issue #144298710: Add registerKotlinGeneratingTask (or improve the documentation of registerJavaGeneratingTask)

Build Variants

• Issue #150325708: Build Flavour resets itself to default each time I restart Android Studio

Data Binding

• Issue #151860061: Data binding errors persist even after the root cause has been fixed

Layout Editor

• Issue #151964515: Endless loop when displaying JavaDoc for styles with cycles

Layout Inspector

• Issue #151496808: [BUG][4.0.0-beta02] LayoutInspector -> [+ Select Process ] Button does nothing...

Lint

• Issue #132441250: Create lint check for static final usages of JBUI.scale()
• Issue #150292219: Lint runs twice as slow on AGP 4 Beta 1 + False Positive
• Issue #151289778: [AGP 4.0.0-beta02] Lint fails with Java OutOfMemoryError

Lint Inspections

• Issue #150198810: Bug: false positive error of version check
• Issue #119314730: Running any inspection displayed as "Running Android Lint"

Release Bundle/APKs

• Issue #151765078: Key validity input is too small in "New Key Store" dialog

Run

• Issue #144274828: "Build resource" action runs JPS builder in Android Studio
• Issue #150583984: ApkProvisionException: No outputs for the main artifact of variant: debug

Shrinker (R8)

• Issue #150274427: RET should be handled by the ASM jsr inliner

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.1, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

We greatly appreciate your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. Note that you can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that you are also affected by it.

Android Studio 4.0 Beta 4 is now available in the Beta channel.

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Android Studio 4.0 Beta 4 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you have Android Studio set up to receive updates on the Beta channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

Build Analyzer disabled

The Build Analyzer is disabled in Android Studio 4.0 Beta 4. It will be re-enabled in Beta 5.

General fixes

This update also includes fixes for the following public issues:
Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #147535554: Core library desugaring not applied to instrumentation tests
• Issue #146165298: Android library projects should only apply multidex to androidTestImplementation
• Issue #146869072: Task failed on mergeExtDex
• Issue #152428342: Build seems to be stuck

Build Variants

• Issue #150325708: Build Flavour resets itself to default each time I restart Android Studio

Dexer (D8)

• Issue #151969439: R8 raise NullException while perform :app:dexBuilderDebugAndroidTest
• Issue #151207121: Many warnings when using desugared library

Import/Sync

• Issue #149891395: Kapt-generated files not recognized in IDE as sources

Layout Editor

• Issue #151964515: Endless loop when displaying JavaDoc for styles with cycles

Lint

• Issue #151409564: Lint fails to detect MotionLayout Constraints

Lint Inspections

• Issue #150198810: Bug: false positive error of version check

Run

• Issue #144274828: "Build resource" action runs JPS builder in Android Studio
• Issue #150583984: ApkProvisionException: No outputs for the main artifact of variant: debug

Shrinker (R8)

• Issue #151649643: coreLibraryDesugaringEnabled = true leads to ClassNotFoundException on debug builds
• Issue #150274427: RET should be handled by the ASM jsr inliner

View Binding

• Issue #140955511: View binding build fail: Unresolved reference
• Issue #151317169: Missing nullability annotations on bind and inflate fields / return types

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.0, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

We greatly appreciate your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. Note that you can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that you are also affected by it.

Emulator 30.0.7 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• Fixed hang on starting Windows emulator that happened right after the boot animation.
• Fixed issue where Vulkan external semaphore type OPAQUE_FD (in the guest) was not working on Windows hosts (due to bug in translation to win32 handle semaphores).
• Added support for vendor boot images (emulator side).

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Emulator 30.0.7 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels. Changes:

• Fixed hang on starting Windows emulator that happened right after the boot animation.
• Fixed issue where Vulkan external semaphore type OPAQUE_FD (in the guest) was not working on Windows hosts (due to bug in translation to win32 handle semaphores).
• Added support for vendor boot images (emulator side).