Android Studio - Dolphin | 2021.3.1 Canary 9 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 Dolphin, 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. 

General fixes

This update addresses the following issues. For details of new features and bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

Android Gradle Plugin
  • Issue #227523669: "Similar" system images when failing to get the requested one are _not_ similar
  • Issue #206963797: Automated Test Devices: Not downloading the right system image? Or running the wrong one?
  • Issue #227796082: "We recommend using a newer Android Gradle plugin" when there isn't a newer one
  • Issue #227606666: Gradle Managed Device should offer compatible device type when one isn't found
  • Issue #215545075: kotlin-android-extensions plugin breaks when `package` attribute missing from AndroidManifest.xml
  • Issue #227610530: Device type/image type mismatch error is not user friendly
  • Issue #227510226: Gradle managed device location on disk
Build Analyzer
  • Issue #227901182: Build analyzer's jetifier analysis says androidx databinding requires jetifier
Device Manager
  • Issue #216163507: "Stop device" menu has disappeared from Device Manager context menu.
Emulator
Gradle
Import/Sync
Logcat
Navigation
  • Issue #184874605: Including navigation graph from different aar module breaks generating AndroidManifest.xml intent filters for deep links
Resources
  • Issue #152802800: Bug: choosing to go to "implementation" of a resource doesn't go anywhere
SDK Manager