Tuesday, January 17, 2023

Android Studio Flamingo Beta 1 now available

Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 Beta 1 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 Flamingo, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

The following is list of general fixes in Android Studio Flamingo Beta 1. 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.

Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
`com.android.build.gradle.tasks.ShaderCompile` issues with configuration cache
Adding to Java resources using AGP APIs breaks configuration cache
Build Analyzer
NPE in TasksTreeStructure.updateStructure (Build Analyzer)
Emulator
Privacy warning has to be shown when user enables device mirroring in Settings
Lint
TypedArray#close (API 31) not desugared but AS does not display warning when used in try-with-resources
Lint doesn't check valid casts for call receivers
Lint only checks safe casts for directly implemented interfaces, not inherited ones