Thursday, December 7, 2023

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 17 now available

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 17 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 17 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha17 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
Please provide options to include generated sources on Javadoc and SourceJar
Need quick fix for discrepancy between compileSdk and dependency with minCompileSdkVersion
[Gradle] tools:overrideLibrary should support asterisk (*)
UI Freeze when editing manifest
App Quality Insights
The sorting function of the Issues column isn't sorting intuitively
C++ Debugger
LLDB Debugger not check apk for required architectures before launching
Code Analysis
Lint library version checks don't work with BoM (Bill of Materials)
Code Editor
Quick documentation action on a function shows "COMPILED_CODE" for default parameters in Iguana Canary 5
Device Manager
Device skins copied to SDK directory
Gradle
'InlineApi' instead of 'InlinedApi'
Import/Sync
Allow tests for syncing with old versions of AGP to handle new namespace DSL
Firebase BOM not updated
Lint
Android Studio / Lint doesn't tell you when "platform" dependencies are out of date
Bug: no suggestion to update Firebase-bom dependency
Project Structure (and Gradle (?)) does not discover Firebase BOM dependencies to be upgraded to a newer version.