Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 4 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 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha04. 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 | Don't check for the existence of manifest overlay files during configuration phase | Broken link to Gradle doc on MergeJavaResWorkAction error | Gradle 8.1 breaks configuration caching due to .gradle/.android/analytics.settings | AGP should not use ProjectComponentIdentifier.projectPath without ProjectComponentIdentifier.build |
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| Editing | Unresolved reference in IDE for safeargs-generated classes |
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| Import/Sync | StopGradleDaemonsAction runs on the UI thread | Recommended AGP version is 3.3.2 |
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| Network Inspector | AS Flamingo Network Inspector rules dont work |
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| Release Bundle/APKs | "APK(s) generated successfully..." message is misleading when APK file isn't modified. |
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| Resources | "Remove Unused Resources" does not work when selecting module in the project view |
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