Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 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 Electric Eel, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.
In Android Studio Electric Eel, you can use Live Edit to deploy code changes to your composable to an emulator or device in real time. You don't have to wait for builds or deployments to be completed, so you can make faster progress in creating your app.
Starting with Electric Eel Canary 9, if your project is using Compose version 1.2 or higher, Live Edit no longer needs to reset composition after code changes. Only the first code change made to a given file resets composition. Subsequent edits don't reset composition.
The following is list of general fixes in Android Studio Electric Eel Canary 9. 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.