Android Studio 4.2 Canary 12 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.2 Canary 12 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.
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.

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.

Database Inspector: Query editor

The Database Inspector has been updated to help you write and execute your custom SQL statements. When you open the inspector and open a New query tab, you should notice a larger, resizable editor surface to author and format your queries, as shown below.

Additionally, we now provide history of your previous queries. When you click on the Show query history button, you should see a list of queries you previously ran against the currently selected database. Click a query in the list to see a preview of the full query in the editor and press Enter to copy it to the editor. Then, click Run to execute the statement.

To learn more, see the release notes.

General Fixes

This update includes fixes for the following issues:

Build

• Issue #135292528: Support setting JDK for Gradle Daemon started by Android Studio via env variable
• Issue #140403764: NDK Resolution Outcome: Project settings: Gradle model version=5.4.1, NDK version is UNKNOWN

Layout Editor

• Issue #140678037: Visualization tab disappears in 3.6 Canary 10

Lint

• Issue #133465551: Lint 26.5.0-beta02 DefaultLocale triggers on Kotlin's decapitalize method
• Issue #140988425: Provide quick fix for RtlHardcoded

View Binding

• Issue #140882630: ViewBinding cannot determine Class due to uppercase package name

Android Studio 4.2 Canary 11 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.2 Canary 11 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.
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.

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.

General Fixes

This update includes fixes for the following issues:

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #166582569: AGP compiles against Kotlin 1.4 and runs against 1.3.72

Code Editor

• Issue #167417473: Back action (Cmd+Option+ <-) no longer navigates back to last caret position
• Issue #165340789: AS Dagger graph navigation doesn't work with Provider and Lazy

ViewBinding

• Issue #167583121: AGP 4.2a9: Error in dataBindingGenBaseClassesDebug fails build

Additionally the issues below were addressed in this release but may not be necessarily fixed:

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #37797956: Switch to new models (v2).

Layout Editor

• Issue #158344314: Maintain size and theme selection of design preview rendering

Navigation Editor

• Issue #160395290: Preview of navigation file not working on Android Studio 4.1 and 4.2

Project Structure

• Issue #166774744: Unable to change JDK location - Android Studio 4.2 alpha08

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Android Studio 4.1 RC 3 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.

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.

General Fixes

This update includes fixes for the following issues:

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #164163031: Android Studio 4.1 RC1 is not installing test apk built using AGP 4.1 RC1 on Emulator
• Issue #162244493: Can't reference test APK references in AGP 4.1
• Issue #165343136: AGP 4.1-rc01: exception during AS sync
• Issue #164844098: 4.1RC "Duplicate resources" build failure from drawable in -v24 directory
• Issue #165535092: Multi-release classes from dirs should be ignored when dexing

Lint

• Issue #79995034: Lint unused id does not take in account constraint_referenced_ids

Running Tests

• Issue #162255811: Unit testing fails to find some classes/methods in Studio 4.1

 

Emulator 30.1.3 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

General fixes available in this release

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Emulator 30.1.3 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

General fixes available in this release

• Improved support for YUV images used with AHardwareBuffer + Vulkan.

• To improve discoverability, when running foldable AVDs, pressing the folding icon on the toolbar will open the 3D foldable view.

• Added support for rollable displays.

• Updated macOS build documentation.

• Fixed issues when setting the theme and hiding the extended controls window.

Android Studio 4.2 Canary 10 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.2 Canary 10 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.
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.

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.

General Fixes

This update includes fixes for the following issues:

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #166582569: AGP compiles against Kotlin 1.4 and runs against 1.3.72
• Issue #166468915: Can't sync with AGP 4.2.0-alpha08 and Kotlin build scripts

Jetpack (androidx)

• Issue #37077964: Data binding doesn't handle accented characters in ids

Running Tests

• Issue #166291465: Test results panel in Android Studio 4.2 marks tests with failed assumptions as failed

Additionally the issues below were addressed in this release but may not be necessarily fixed:

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #37797956: Switch to new models (v2).

Import/Sync

• Issue #166240410: Switching variants with composite build (includeBuild) is broken

Indexing

• Issue #167014937: Hang when window loses focus [Android Studio 4.2 canary 8]

Upgrade Assistant

• Issue #163364829: Bug: stable, beta and canary can't open Google's own sample project

Android Studio 4.2 Canary 9 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

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Android Studio 4.2 Canary 9 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.
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.

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.

Support for Safe Args

Safe Args is a Gradle plugin that generates simple object and builder classes for type-safe navigation and access to any associated arguments. Android Studio 4.2 Canary 9 and higher includes special support when working with Safe Args, as described below:

• Autocompletions for Directions, Args, and the various builder classes
• Support for both Java and Kotlin safe args plugins
• Navigation from source to XML

General Fixes

This update includes fixes for the following issues:

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #64551265: Allow application of the Android Gradle plugins using Gradle's plugins block
• Issue #164163031: Android Studio 4.1 RC1 is not installing test apk built using AGP 4.1 RC1 on Emulator
• Issue #165833833: Break if ANDROID_SDK_HOME and ANDROID_PREFS_ROOT point to different location
• Issue #166168605: AndroidLocation should use a logger object to output warnings.

Android Studio

• Issue #166161723: Invalid "Using ANDROID_SDK_HOME for the location" warning: env var not set

Import/Sync

• Issue #165017523: Android IntelliJ plugin: Gradle sync failed: Property found to be invalid, this should never happen!

Lint

• Issue #79995034: Lint unused id does not take in account constraint_referenced_ids
• Issue #166113037: Line fails with StackOverflowError with core lib desugaring enabled
• Issue #163512022: Allow custom lint jars to be specified via lint.xml
• Issue #161410735: Applying LintFix in different file than warning fails

View Binding

• Issue #164794528: ViewBinding - <fragment> tag should be excluded from generated binding fields