Android Studio Iguana Canary 3 now available

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 3 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 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha03. 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 #295205663 Execution failed for task ':app:mergeReleaseClasses' after Updating AGP from 8.0.2 to 8.1.0 Issue #298008231 [Gradle 8.4][upgrade] Integration test failure after upgrade due to use of deprecated feature in kotlin gradle plugin App Quality Insights Issue #299176609 AQI tool window shows always users count from event count Issue #298077908 App Quality Insight shows invalid OS version Baseline Profiles & ProfileInstaller Issue #298011132 Gradle plugin isn't compatible with 8.3 alphas Code Editor Issue #297790370 "Incorrect formatting" firing on layout XML files based on incorrect setting value Gradle Files Editor Issue #295282939 Version catalog shows unused symbols in Groovy when names are nested Resources Issue #295349275 Android Studio hangs with indirect resource reference to duplicate name