Thursday, September 28, 2023

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 6 now available

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 6 is now available in the Canary channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary 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 Iguana, 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

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 6 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha06 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
Enforce `android.enableDexingArtifactTransform=true`
[Gradle 8.4][upgrade] Integration test failure after upgrade due to file handling in configuration phase
AGP 8.3.0-alpha-02 - `Error: Failed to deserialize cached resource repository.`
[Gradle 8.4][upgrade] Integration test failure after upgrade due file handling in configuration phase of TestLabBuildService
Code Editor
Editor for ProGuard rules warns about missing class for -dontwarn
Compose Editing
Don't put `@Composable` on extract constants
Emulator
Bluetooth Exceptions when using Android Emulator 33.1.13
Import/Sync
Sources for AndroidX KMP libraries are not downloaded in Studio I Canary 5
Lint
No Lint warning about kotlin.text.MatchNamedGroupCollection#get(String) requiring API 26
lint:TypographyQuotes false negatives: more than one escaped apostrophe are ignored
AGP 8.0.2 lint InvalidId detector false positive
LintError issues added to lint baselines
Resources
Remove unused STRING resources