Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 2 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.
Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana Canary 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha02. 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
Issue #265296706
Minimum Gradle version check does not run on the second build and after
Compose Preview
Issue #246917880
DropdownMenu expanded in incorrect position in Preview Interactive Mode
Issue #248802205
Code using the vibrator crashes the compose preview
Issue #262773698
Compose Preview broken when using HTML text with b-Tags
Design Tools
Issue #268488795
Design goes blank when inserting tab widget
Import/Sync
Issue #294906020
Studio complains about unsupported modules during gradle sync
Issue #297140433
Unclear error/warning after project sync
IntelliJ
Issue #297469867
Android Studio Iguana - Start Failed - NPE in BytecodeTransformerAdapter
Layout Editor
Issue #226457466
BufferedInputStream cannot be cast to class AssetManager$AssetInputStream
Lint Integration
Issue #294385251
DuplicatePlatformClasses lint error from testImplementation dependency
Modularize Refactor
Issue #296548370
Modularize does not list modules in any specific order
Network Inspector
Issue #298083864
Error in logs: "lateinit property model has not been initialized"
Resource Manager
Issue #223815263
Resource Manager doesn't show drawables with custom color attributes
Issue #173833413
Resource Manager crops some vector drawables
Running Tests
Issue #297168330
Unit tests will not rerun
Shrinker (R8)
Issue #293820078
R8 doesn't work after upgrade from AGP 8.0.2 to 8.1.0