Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Canary 9 is now available in the Canary channel.

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.

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Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Canary 9 is now available in the Canary channel.

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 Flamingo, 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 a list of general fixes in Android Studio Flamingo 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.

Android App Bundles

• Issue #208593320: Allow the capability to specify path for libraries to be included in App bundle which are built externally

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #211012777: lint.xml in modules is not considered for UP-TO-DATE check of lint tasks
• Issue #197342475: Android Gradle Plugin 7.0+ and Android Tests issue: Cannot find resource: id
• Issue #255788407: configureCMakeDebug flakily crashing with null pointer exception
• Issue #254292369: IllegalAccessError upgrading project to AS2022.2.1.5, FireBasePerfPlugin
• Issue #255584199: Sync fails with cryptic error "Collection contains no element matching the predicate."

AVD Manager

• Issue #258037926: Device Mirror open always

Compose Editing

• Issue #155314487: MaterialTheme suggestion order

Compose Preview

• Issue #240601093: KotlinReflectionNotSupportedError: Kotlin reflection implementation is not found at runtime

Import/Sync (R8)

• Issue #236692992: JDK missing from the IDE
• Issue #248658503: OutputBuildAction has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime
• Issue #256669321: No run configurations created for modules with "com.android.test" Gradle plugin
• Issue #254306029: False positive IDE warning about Java 'preview' language level
• Issue #248576926: Frozen IDE attempting kotlin method refactor in large project

IntelliJ

• Issue #240307731: Project leak via FocusChangeListener in FileEditorManagerImpl

Kotlin Plugin

• Issue #238235642: Regression in EE: Extracting a method sometimes doesn't work

Lint

• Issue #257726238: Android Studio improperly marks specified version as out-of-date.
• Issue #256418226: AndroidDeprecationInspection.DeprecationFilter EP is never registered in android-plugin.xml file

New Code/Templates

• Issue #255821913: Android Studio generates wrong activity statement in manifest when the new activity is not created in the root directory of the project
• Issue #257290395: Empty Views Activity template fails to import R class when the activity is not created in the root package
• Issue #254186242: Databinding is not supported in Android Studio Template.

Profilers

• Issue #256641354: Bottom Up view of simpleperf trace not populating correctly in Flamingo C6

Wear

• Issue #238504627: Using "esc" as back button shortcut loses focus on the emulator

Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 RC1 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 it here.

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Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 RC1 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 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

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 #241469653: AGP 7.4.0-alpha09 generates builds that won't upload into Firebase App Distribution

Compose Preview

• Issue #248473636: jetified font/myfont.xml does not exist (or is not a file)

Import/Sync

• Issue #248658503: OutputBuildAction has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime

Kotlin Plugin

• Issue #238235642: Regression in EE - Extracting a method sometimes doesn't work

Profilers

• Issue #256641354: Bottom Up view of simpleperf trace not populating correctly in Flamingo C6

Release Bundle/APKs

• Issue #119886985: 'Generate Signed Bundle / APK' - destination path should depend on the module

Running Tests

• Issue #241426924: Every time I run unit tests with coverage I have to recompile (twice)

Upgrade Assistant

• Issue #249325631: Upgrade assistant does not handle settings plugin

Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 Beta 5 is now available in the Beta channels.

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 it here.

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Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 Beta 5 is now available in the Beta channels.

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 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 Beta 5. 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.

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #252848749: Gradle 8.0-milestone-2 causes exception in AGP

Layout Editor

• Issue #254894488: 138MB memory leak in CustomViewPreviewRepresentation

Shrinker (R8)

• Issue #251015885: [R8 4.0.30] Cannot constrain type: LONG for value: v147 by constraint: OBJECT

Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Canary 8 is now available in the Canary channel.

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.

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Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Canary 8 is now available in the Canary channel.

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 Flamingo, 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 a list of general fixes in Android Studio Flamingo Canary 8. 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.

Android Gradle Plugin

• Issue #241469653: AGP 7.4.0-alpha09 generates builds that won't upload into Firebase App Distribution

C++ Build

• Issue #233950747: Move c++ logging to a background thread
• Issue #233947045: Read cmake version lazy not during configuration

Compose Editing

• Issue #155314487: MaterialTheme suggestion order

Databinding

• Issue #238964168: Databinding compiler no longer resolve types in multiplatform library with kotlin 1.7.0

Release Bundle/APKs

• Issue #119886985: 'Generate Signed Bundle / APK' - destination path should depend on the module

Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Canary 7 is now available in the Canary channel.

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.

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Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Canary 7 is now available in the Canary channel.

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 Flamingo, 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

Here is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Flamingo Canary 7. 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.