Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Beta 1 now available

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Beta 1 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta 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 Beta 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-beta01 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
Import/Sync
Potential compatibility issue with Gradle 9 in Iguana because of org.gradle.util.VersionNumber
Shrinker (R8)
R8 Flurry SDK crash with AGP 8.2.0
Android - R8 causes subclass of LinearLayoutManager to crash
R8 v8.2.33, "java.lang.VerifyError: Bad type on operand stack" runtime crash after upgrade