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Android Studio Chipmunk Canary 6 now available

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Android Studio - Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Canary 6 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Chipmunk, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
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Android Studio Chipmunk Canary 5 now available

Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Android Studio - Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Canary 5 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Chipmunk, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
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Android Studio - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 4 now available

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Android Studio - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 4 is now available in the Stable channel.Stable channelHelp > Check for UpdateAndroid Studio > Check for Updatesdownload it hereGeneral fixes and featuresThis update includes fixes for the following issues:Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #201674884: Setting a provider for VariantOutput.versionCode can break with configuration cache
Issue #196852190: gradleResValues.xml not updated on signing for release

D8/R8

Issue #205205666: java.lang.ClassCastException thrown in a class’s constructor in build minified by R8
Issue #204174455: Unreachable type adjustment during dex merging
Issue #199561570: java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier failed to verify because instance field cannot be accessed from object of type Reference.java.lang.Object

Lint

Issue #201700393: Disable MediaCapabilities lint check
Issue #196406778: Lint reports false positive [Instantiable] error when shrinkResources is enabled

Templates

Issue #191209456: Import Module menu option grayed out

For information on new features and changes in all releases of Android Studio, see the Android Studio release notes.

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Android Studio Chipmunk Canary 4 now available

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Android Studio - Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Canary 4 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Chipmunk, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
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Android Studio Bumblebee Beta 3 now available

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Beta 3 is now available in the Beta channel.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download here.For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio - Bumblebee (2021.1.1), see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog. General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 Bumblebee Beta 2 now available

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Beta 2 is now available in the Beta channel.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download here.For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio - Bumblebee (2021.1.1), see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog. General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 Chipmunk Canary 3 available

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Android Studio - Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Canary 3 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Chipmunk, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
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Android Studio Chipmunk Canary 2 available

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Android Studio - Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Canary 2 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Chipmunk, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
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Android Studio Chipmunk Canary 1 available

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Android Studio - Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Canary 1 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Chipmunk, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 it also affects you.

Android Studio Bumblebee Beta 1 available

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Beta 1 is now available in the Beta channel.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download here.For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio - Bumblebee (2021.1.1), see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog. General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 3 now available

Monday, October 11, 2021

Android Studio - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 3 is now available in the Stable channel.Stable channelHelp > Check for UpdateAndroid Studio > Check for Updatesdownload it hereGeneral fixes and featuresThis update includes fixes for the following issues:Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #198453608: lint standalone plugin doesn't handle gradleApi() dependency properly
Issue #183632446: JPS build triggered while Gradle build runs outside of Studio
Issue #198667126: Enabling both KSP and Kapt in a project with both containing processors that generate sources breaks BundleLibraryClassesInputs

C++ Editor

Issue #197323118: UI freezes due to long JniReferencesSearch computation in background

Database Inspector

Issue #161081452: Allow saving DBs
Issue #195968515: Unable to export data using App Inspection/Database Inspector with blank space in path

Dexer (D8)

Issue #197625454: Java lambdas cause unexpected behavior when subclassing classes

Shrinker (R8)

Issue #197754200: 'Cannot constrain type' error during r8 minification
Issue #200057495: Issue while executing R8 3.0.69 (from AGP 7.0.2) and 3.0.72

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 13 available

Thursday, September 30, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 13 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 12 available

Friday, September 17, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 12 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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.General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 11 available

Friday, September 3, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 11 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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.

General fixes and features

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 it also affects you.

Android Studio - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 2 now available

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Android Studio - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 2 is now available in the Stable channel.Stable channelHelp > Check for UpdateAndroid Studio > Check for Updatesdownload it hereGeneral fixes and featuresThis update includes fixes for the following issues:Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #181142252: Gradle sync launched 10 TIMES on upgrade from AS Arctic Fox Canary 7 to Canary 8
Issue #195968520: Desugaring and reproducible builds

C++ Build

Issue #195318431: Android Gradle Plugin 7.0.0 does not include jniLibs in APK if tasks.whenTaskAdded closure is used

Lint

Issue #197146610: "Lint check for lint checks" not running

Shrinker (R8)

Issue #196406764: ClassNotFoundException when running build with R8 in AGP7

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 10 available

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 10 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.
If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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.
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 it also affects you.

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 9 available

Monday, August 23, 2021

Canary or Dev channelHelpCheck for UpdateAndroid StudioCheck for Updatesdownload it here Android Studio Preview release notesImproved resource shrinker
Support for apps with dynamic features

The default implementation of the Android resource shrinker has been updated in Android Gradle Plugin 7.1.0-alpha09. The new implementation supports shrinking apps with dynamic features.

Experimental further app size reductions

The new resource shrinker implementation can reduce the size of your shrunk app even more by modifying the resource table to remove unused value resources and references to unused file resources. The new resource shinker can delete unused file resources completely, reducing the size of your app more. This behavior is not enabled by default yet, but you can opt in to try it by adding the experimental option android.experimental.enableNewResourceShrinker.preciseShrinking=true to your project's gradle.properties file.

Please report any issues you find with the new resource shrinker or the experimental flag. To help diagnose issues, or as a temporary workaround, you can switch back to the previous implementation by adding android.enableNewResourceShrinker=false to your project's gradle.properties. The new shrinker replaces unused file-based resources with slightly different minimal files than the previous resource shrinker, but this is not expected to have any runtime impact.

The old implementation is scheduled to be removed in Android Gradle plugin 8.0.0.

General fixes and features

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 it also affects you.

Android Studio - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 1 now available

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Android Studio - Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Patch 1 is now available in the Stable channel.Stable channelHelp > Check for UpdateAndroid Studio > Check for Updatesdownload it hereAndroid Studio release notesreporting a bugvote for an existing issueGeneral fixes and featuresThis update includes fixes for the following issues:Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #195449882: TypedefRemover uses ASM5 and is incompatible with JDK 11 sources that require ASM7
Issue #194937528: Some new DSL blocks can't be used from Groovy DSL in AGP 7.0.0
Issue #194911958: AGP 7.0.0 stable throws an ExternalApiUsageException on libraryVariants.all{applicationId}

C++ Debugger

Issue #195340099: AS Arctic Fox Error while starting native debug session on Mac M1, "Found broken LLDB configuration"

Resource Manager

Issue #189696673: (Windows) New > Vector Asset > picture.svg: invalid 'minus' character in generated <vector> xml

Shrinker (R8)

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 8 available

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 8 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download 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.

General fixes and features

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 7 available

Monday, August 9, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 7 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download 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.

General fixes and features

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

ConstraintLayout 2.1.0 & ConstraintLayout-compose 1.0 beta 2

Friday, July 30, 2021

We are very happy to announce the release of ConstraintLayout 2.1.0, the final release for 2.1, as well as the 1.0.0 beta02 release for ConstraintLayout in Jetpack Compose
dependencies { implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.0'}
dependencies { implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout-compose:1.0.0-beta02'}
What's new in 2.1.0More information about the new features in 2.1.0 can be found on the wiki, the source code is available on https://github.com/androidx/constraintlayout
What's new in 1.0 beta 2 (Jetpack Compose)
More information about the new features in 1.0 can be found on the wiki, the source code is available on https://github.com/androidx/constraintlayout. Examples found here.
1.0 beta 2 changesupdate to depends on compose 1.0ConstraintLayout

added an animateChanges parameter for automatic animation between two constraintsets

fix parsing issue in the JSON parser

Android Studio Arctic Fox available in the Stable channel

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Android Studio Arctic Fox is now available in the Stable channel. You can download it here.release notes

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 5 available

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 5 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download 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.Improved deploying from IDE when switching devices with different APIs

When deploying from the IDE, Android Gradle Plugin 7.1.0-alpha05 fixes the issue where switching and redeploying to devices running different API levels would cause some dexing tasks to re-run. Also, when deploying from the IDE, release variants now have their dexing pipeline optimized for the device you are deploying to.

General fixes and features

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

ConstraintLayout 2.1.0 rc1 & ConstraintLayout-compose 1.0 beta 1

Thursday, July 22, 2021

We are happy to announce the release of ConstraintLayout 2.1.0 rc01, the release candidate for 2.1, as well as the 1.0.0 beta01 release for ConstraintLayout in Jetpack Compose
dependencies { implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout:2.1.0-rc01'}
dependencies { implementation 'androidx.constraintlayout:constraintlayout-compose:1.0.0-beta01'}
What's new in 2.1.0More information about the new features in 2.1.0 can be found on the wiki, the source code is available on https://github.com/androidx/constraintlayout
2.1.0 Release Candidate 1 changesConstraintLayout

performance improvements with constrained dimensions and direct resolution pass

performance optimization in match_parent +wrap_content scenarios

barrier fix with packed chain (issue 170406291)

MotionLayout

fix issue with limitRegionTo post transition completion

switch to CopyOnWriteArrayList

What's new in 1.0 beta 1 (Jetpack Compose)
More information about the new features in 1.0 can be found on the wiki, the source code is available on https://github.com/androidx/constraintlayout. Examples found here.
1.0 beta 1 changesConstraintLayout

performance improvements

circular constraints in the Kotlin DSL

support for JSON to express ConstraintSets

support for generators and simple macro in JSON

MotionLayout

support for KeyFrames: position, attributes, cycles

support for MotionScene in JSON

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 4 available

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 4 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download 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.
Build tools supportThe minimum supported build tools version for Android Gradle Plugin 7.1.0-alpha04 is now 30.0.3. Projects that specify a lower version in their build files will automatically use the minimum supported version.
Publish sources jarAndroid Gradle Plugin 7.1.0 and higher allows you to publish java & kotlin source jars apart from AARs for library projects. The sources will be added to POM and Gradle module file. You can enable this feature by adding withSourcesJar() under singleVariant or multipleVariants publishing block. To learn more, see examples here.
General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 it also affects you.

Android Studio Arctic Fox RC 1 available

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Android Studio - Arctic Fox RC 1 (2020.3.1.21) 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 Arctic Fox, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.

General fixes and features

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

Android Studio Bumblebee Canary 3

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 3 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.
If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download 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.
General fixes and featuresThe bug fixes included in this update can be found here. 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 it also affects you.

Android Studio Arctic Fox Beta 5

Saturday, July 3, 2021

Android Studio - Arctic Fox Beta 5 (2020.3.1.20) is now available in the Beta channel.

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Arctic Fox, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.

General fixes and features

The bug fixes included in this update can be found here. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

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