Android Studio Arctic Fox Canary 12 (2020.3.1.12) 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 Arctic Fox, 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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General Fixes
This update includes fixes for the following public issues:
Android Gradle Plugin- Issue #181055586: AGP 4.2 Beta 5 breaks Wear unbundled apps
- Issue #182468430: [7.0.0-alpha09] <instrumentation> does not specify targetPackage when running unit tests
- Issue #181208535: AAPT: error: <instrumentation> is missing attribute 'android:name'
- Issue #172639034: Integrated jacoco report generation for unit tests
- Issue #175718909: After upgrad NDK to 22, AGP-externalNativeBuild error
- Issue #156824500: All generation of manifest in library modules
- Issue #181142242: AGP 4.2.0-beta-xx crashed on build android app under GradleTestKit
- Issue #126865761: Option to output main dex list when compiling with R8
- Issue #181885359: getValue not automatically imported
- Issue #128470923: The widths of AVD Manager columns should automatically size to their content
- Issue #174678824: Android Studio login can't bring my Google profile image
- Issue #181600226: Compose should suggest specific completion instances as part of the modifiers instead of just the interfaces
- Issue #180913190: UX: If required, add link to let user kick off a build in the preview window
- Issue #182832723: Compose Preview Error Tooltip just shows "E"
- Issue #170950436: Do not build Gradle task list experimental options seems to be OFF by default