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
- 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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