Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 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 it here.
For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Electric Eel, 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 following is list of general fixes in Android Studio Electric Eel Canary 3. These are a result of your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. You can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that it also affects you.
- Issue #231326529: processReleaseManifest: package found in source AndroidManifest.xml false negative
- Issue #232933744: Remove check that forbids usages of distributionSha256Sum in wrapper properties file
- Issue #232438924: AndroidGradlePlugin version 7.2 breaks transform API when used along with ASM API
- Issue #228992702: URL Assistant: The default implementation of method 'getFile' is deprecated, you need to override it
- Issue #232962073: AS Electric Eel Canary 2 - Error hitting "Finish" on device connection assistant does nothing
- Issue #232075280: Circular POM dependency breaks project import
- Issue #232007221: "Duplicate content roots detected" with Android Gradle plugin 7.2.0
- Issue #232652234: SystemPermissionTypo false positive on android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
- Issue #229642755: AS 2021.3.1 Canary 8 new logcat unable to copy text, missing option to search selected text in Google
- Issue #232890405: New logcat not showing logs after the first 2 seconds
- Issue #232006839: Tasks invocation from Gradle tool window does not go through Android Studio infra unless at the top level
- Issue #232276714: NPE in AarResourceRepositoryCache.createCachingData (AS Electric Eel)
- Issue #232134751: Devices option is not visible and unable to run the app even though app module is available.
- Issue #232941844: Patcher on M1 does not work for EE c1 to EE c2
- Issue #213019734: "Cannot find AGP version in build files". What does that mean? And HOW can someone fix it?