Thursday, September 7, 2023

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