Android Studio 4.2 Canary 2 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.
General Fixes
Android- Issue #156673459: [AS Integration] Wording for the warning of AGP version is lower than AS
- Issue #157696585: Review wordings used by the Ml Model Binding feature
- Issue #158129876: [AS Integration] Mac only: table header display with ellipsis when column content is too short
- Issue #120517460: Unable to use `shrinkResources` in base module with dynamic features
- Issue #112699321: Support APK Signature Scheme v3 and v4
- Issue #158468794: AGP 4.1 alpha 9 & 10 can't run task :tasks on root module. DefaultTaskContainer#register(String, Class, Action) on task set cannot be executed in the current context.
- Issue #157461455: Database inspector shows duplicated "Database" groups
- Issue #146270367: The device disconnects as soon as the build completes.
- Issue #157181475: View > Emulator doesn't toggle
- Issue #150051156: Android Studio not AMD processor friendly; tries to automatically install Intel drivers rather than AMD.
- Issue #157463496: Add integration tests for Manifest Class Generation (GenerateManifestJarTask)
- Issue #157287524: Bug: IDE suggest to update gradle version for a new project, and then fails to update it well when applied
- Issue #158018185: When using "make project", AS reports build failures when using Kotlin DSL in buildSrc
- Issue #157809813: Default module name has two columns (::mylibrary) instead of only one (:mylibrary).
- Issue #157175636: In the multi-device test runner, install APKs in parallel
- Issue #120273289: Don't recommend updating android gradle plugin to alpha version when my android studio version is a beta (and likewise for stable->beta)
For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio 4.2, 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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