Android Studio Iguana Canary 2 now available

  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.

General fixes and features

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