Thursday, October 5, 2023

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 7 now available

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 7 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 | 2023.2.1 Canary 7 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha07 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
AGP 8.1.0 uninstalls app after running instrumented tests - 7.4.2 does not
Layout Editor
androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0 causes Render Problem in Android Studio
Navigation Editor
Problem to Define Args in Navigation
Profilers
Save (or copy) traces recorded by Macrobenchmark library
Rendering
Android Studio Hedgehog 2023.1.1 Canary 15 hangs when typing drawable resource name.
Resources
String Extract generates getString() instead of stringResource() in Electric Eel
Run
Minimum port 5038 for 'user managed adb' prevents use of the default port 5037 which may be desired
Tip of the Day
Suppress tip-of-the-day in Android Studio