Android Studio Jellyfish | 2023.3.1 Canary 1 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Jellyfish | 2023.3.1 Canary 1 is now available in the Canary channel.

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For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Jellyfish, 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 Jellyfish | 2023.3.1 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.4.0-alpha01 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	Issue #278800528 Improve error message for why `--release` option can't be used for JavaCompile Issue #194804421 Disable caching of MergeSourceSetFolders using @DoNotCacheByDefault
Database Inspector	Issue #211670717 Database inspector columns do not support wrapping long lines Issue #153803735 Database Inspector makes it needlessly hard to find related processes
Import/Sync	Issue #317085185 Using non-AndroidX libraries in an AndroidX project
Layout Inspector	Issue #316777257 Layout Inspector RootsDetector leaking root views
StudioBot	Issue #316844800 Studio Bot unresponsive with empty error
View Binding	Issue #316308496 android project - viewbinding is incorrectly claiming viewbinding class unavailable

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

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

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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	Issue #315440596 Potential compatibility issue with Gradle 9 in Iguana because of org.gradle.util.VersionNumber
Shrinker (R8)	Issue #315877832 R8 Flurry SDK crash with AGP 8.2.0 Issue #314984596 Android - R8 causes subclass of LinearLayoutManager to crash Issue #315186101 R8 v8.2.33, "java.lang.VerifyError: Bad type on operand stack" runtime crash after upgrade

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 18 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 18 is now available in the Canary channel.

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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

This release introduces App development with Gemini Pro using Google AI SDK, a client SDK for Android. See more information here.

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 17 is now available in the Canary channel.

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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	Issue #214428179 Please provide options to include generated sources on Javadoc and SourceJar Issue #308175247 Need quick fix for discrepancy between compileSdk and dependency with minCompileSdkVersion Issue #37045148 [Gradle] tools:overrideLibrary should support asterisk (*) Issue #309843401 UI Freeze when editing manifest
App Quality Insights	Issue #314372143 The sorting function of the Issues column isn't sorting intuitively
C++ Debugger	Issue #301570463 LLDB Debugger not check apk for required architectures before launching
Code Analysis	Issue #173137950 Lint library version checks don't work with BoM (Bill of Materials)
Code Editor	Issue #301981607 Quick documentation action on a function shows "COMPILED_CODE" for default parameters in Iguana Canary 5
Device Manager	Issue #314840589 Device skins copied to SDK directory
Gradle	Issue #204522137 'InlineApi' instead of 'InlinedApi'
Import/Sync	Issue #243886833 Allow tests for syncing with old versions of AGP to handle new namespace DSL Issue #286247192 Firebase BOM not updated
Lint	Issue #313937481 Android Studio / Lint doesn't tell you when "platform" dependencies are out of date Issue #190076622 Bug: no suggestion to update Firebase-bom dependency Issue #192383335 Project Structure (and Gradle (?)) does not discover Firebase BOM dependencies to be upgraded to a newer version.

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 16 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 16 is now available in the Canary channel.

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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 16 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha16 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	Issue #310112606 The link for "decoupled Projects" in studio settings goes to the wrong place.
Espresso Recorder	Issue #302221569 Record Your Test window not displayed in Android Studio for "Expresso Test Recorder"
Import/Sync	Issue #297140433 Unclear error/warning after project sync
Network Inspector	Issue #295991498 gRPC support for network inspector Issue #313689834 gRPC inspector cannot capture from AndroidChannelBuilder
Shrinker (R8)	Issue #311837855 isShrinkResources overoptimizes in 8.3.0-alpha11 to alpha14

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 is now available in the Stable channel.

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Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 is now available in the Stable channel.

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For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Hedgehog, 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 Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0 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 Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 15 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 15 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 15 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha15 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	Issue #308401803 DexArchiveBuilderTaskDelegate was failed with resource only library module Issue #260925077 AGP7.4 custom plugin variant toTransform for all throw duplicate entry: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF exception Issue #309685910 Support new Manifest tags,
Espresso Recorder	Issue #302221569 Record Your Test window not displayed in Android Studio for "Expresso Test Recorder"
Import/Sync	Issue #295146913 UI for "Gradle JDK" does not suggest "Gradle Sync"
Layout Inspector	Issue #311414906 Iguana Canary 13: Layout inspector is spamming logcat with "No package ID ff found for resource ID 0xffffffff."
Network Inspector	Issue #295991498 gRPC support for network inspector
Resources	Issue #311198257 Resource resolution breaks when resource files are moved Issue #307329983 When extracting string it become error
Running Devices	Issue #311790299 Unable to connect to physical device for development

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 14 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 14 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 14 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha14 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	Issue #227511002 SDK Manager should stop spamming log info to stdout
Build Output	Issue #227078905 ksp AutoMigration error is not shown in Android Studio
Gradle	Issue #293206305 NoClassDefFoundError with AGP 8.1.0, desugaring and minify
Lint	Issue #299673844 StackOverflow from `LintClient.getSdkHome`
New Code/Templates	Issue #293665991 TODO: Remove once KTIJ-19369 is fixed
Resource Manager	Issue #310601246 SVG import error, Error while parsing *.svg - Not a proper SVG file
Running Tests	Issue #281557479 Cannot run instrumented test for lib module on Pixel 7 Pro

Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 4 is now available in the Stable channel.

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Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 4 is now available in the Stable channel.

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For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Giraffe, 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 Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.1.4 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	Issue #310252873 Do not run dexing task on subprojects' classes when they are already dex'd through artifact transforms

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 13 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 13 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 13 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha13 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	Issue #297440098 Feature Request: Promote com.android.build.api.extension.impl.CURRENT_AGP_VERSION to a public API
Android SDK Upgrade Assistant	Issue #297422963 No upgrade path to API level 34
Compose Preview	Issue #288965467 IDE becomes very slow in Hedgehog 9 (possibly ComposePreviewRunLineMarkerContributor)
New Code/Templates	Issue #290928444 Adding a New Library Module Dependency Doesn't Compile
Project Structure	Issue #300304005 The supplied javaHome seems to be invalid. I cannot find the java executable
Running Devices	Issue #309486850 device preview has oval shape

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 3 is now available in the Beta channel.

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Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 3 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 Hedgehog, 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 Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0-rc03 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	Issue #303737186 HEDGEHOG REGRESSION: Run button is delayed by a few seconds (Creating spec)
Help Menu	Issue #302672972 Logo on the About screen is distorted starting with Iguana Canary 6

Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 3 is now available in the Stable channel.

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Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 3 is now available in the Stable channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable 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 Giraffe, 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 Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.1.3 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	Issue #293547829 [AGP 8.1.0] ./gradlew test fails with "Unable to find manifest output" if both splits.abi.isEnable and testOptions.unitTests.isIncludeAndroidResources are true Issue #304082728 Build failure after updating to AGP 8.1

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 12 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 12 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 12 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha12 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	Issue #295666695 AGP 8.1.0: dynamic feature: Implicit dependency between exportReleaseConsumerProguardFiles and extractProguardFiles cause compilation errors Issue #306420288 `variant.unitTest.jniLibs.addGeneratedSourceDirectory` does not seem to do anything Issue #306301014 Update XML parser used in AGP for Gradle 8.4 compatibility Issue #283015405 AGP 8.0.1 release package jacoco instrument does not take effect Issue #303737186 HEDGEHOG REGRESSION: Run button is delayed by a few seconds (Creating spec) Issue #307987906 AGP 8.3.0-alpha11 produces release APK that crashes on startup with android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException Issue #303926255 Graduate "android.lint.printStackTrace" AGP property to stable
C++ Import/Sync	Issue #199605626 Android studio keeps indexing unrelated c++ code
CPU	Issue #225751096 Android Studio freeze when profiling/recording CPU trace. Last Bumblebee and Dolphin version
Device File Explorer	Issue #303473218 Update App Inspector to use Device Explorer
Lint	Issue #308400860 Unused Resources Processor might delete Gradle build file Issue #303549797 NewApi lint check does not undertand "isAtleastU() && otherCondition()" final field
Running Tests	Issue #282056713 AS 2022.3.1.13 C3 doesn't allow debugging integration tests when the tested variant is non debuggable

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 2 is now available in the Beta channel.

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Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 2 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 Hedgehog, 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 Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0-rc02 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
Compose Preview	Issue #262773698 Compose Preview broken when using HTML text with b-Tags
Layout Editor	Issue #257280452 Exception in Layout editor

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 11 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 11 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 11 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha11 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	Issue #172671706 Migrate to new Gradle configuration alignment API Issue #269585156 Resource compilation fails when Kotlin compiler tries to update to IDEA 21.3 Issue #232323922 Reactive get() with artifacts API Issue #303926255 Graduate "android.lint.printStackTrace" AGP property to stable
API	Issue #307388450 com.android.build.api.dsl.Packaging has no useful javadoc. Issue #280783683 New Varian API DSL feature request: Equivalent for old API BaseVariant.preBuildProvider
Import/Sync	Issue #291935296 GradleProjectInfo.setSkipStartupActivity is still being used Issue #241686649 Refresh VFS after project builds Issue #239682746 Offer quickfix for "Could not install Gradle distribution"
Layout Inspector	Issue #299309384 Iguana Canary 2: Embedded Layout inspector spams logcat with `Invalid resource ID` errors
Lint	Issue #301833844 Invalid highlight of an warning which is false positive Issue #228961124 Lint visitAnnotationUsage not called for usages of annotated classes in variable declarations
Network Inspector	Issue #306186999 Make Network Inspector Static
Running Devices	Issue #302003079 Pixel fold device streaming broken for API level 34

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 10 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 10 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 10 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha10 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 Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 9 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 9 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 9 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha09 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	Issue #303497756 Transforming the ASSETS artifact give broken input/output locations Issue #303900539 Promote android.experimental.r8.dex-startup-optimization=true to be default
Editing	Issue #305066070 shrinkunusedprotofields is marked as invalid flag in proguard-rules.pro
IntelliJ	Issue #303743141 Iguana: Process 471 is still running
Lint	Issue #300392968 Quickfix Lint doesn't work and results in an IDE error Issue #188814760 Inconsistent test failure due to partial analysis
Logcat	Issue #305221377 Add a Process Name Column in Logcat

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 8 is now available in the Canary channel.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 8 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 8 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha08 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	Issue #303641463 Tranforming an APK leads to a error with ListingFileRedirectTask
Baseline Profiles & ProfileInstaller	Issue #283947063 Desugared classes are missing from the compiled profile
Code Editor	Issue #303127400 Android Studio deadlock (AttachAndroidSdkSourcesNotificationProvider)
Compose Editing	Issue #302614310 Don't implement optional trailing lambdas by default
Compose Preview	Issue #302275561 Change request: prev Live Template should generate a private function
Debugger	Issue #303971655 App Inspection Instructions are Misleading
Import/Sync	Issue #298395223 AndroidGradleProjectResolver.isAndroidGradleProject takes significant time
Live Edit	Issue #296250263 10-30 second freezes caused by Live Edit
Profilers	Issue #283462661 Profiler becomes unusably slow after just 3-4 runs, have to restart IDE
Resource Manager	Issue #286928893 Bug: importing SVG file puts it in wrong folder, of "drawable-svg" instead of "drawable", causing "Android resource linking failed" error
Testing	Issue #255784701 Macrobenchmark test results show same timing info for all tests using Run -> Import Tests From File

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 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.

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Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 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 Hedgehog, 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 Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0-rc01 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	Issue #296250245 Android Studio Giraffe does not respect versionCodeOverride with AGP 8.1 Issue #295039976 AGP 8.1.0 uninstalls app after running instrumented tests - 7.4.2 does not Issue #303641463 Tranforming an APK leads to a error with ListingFileRedirectTask
C++ Build	Issue #299956670 [Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 Beta 4] android.injected.build.abi' gradle flag contained 'armeabi' which is invalid.
Running Devices	Issue #299884601 Device mirroring causing extremely high CPU usage on phone
Third Party Plugins	Issue #266333624 Lombok plugin support

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.

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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	Issue #295039976 AGP 8.1.0 uninstalls app after running instrumented tests - 7.4.2 does not
Layout Editor	Issue #300719286 androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0 causes Render Problem in Android Studio
Navigation Editor	Issue #293665984 Problem to Define Args in Navigation
Profilers	Issue #286199266 Save (or copy) traces recorded by Macrobenchmark library
Rendering	Issue #295049594 Android Studio Hedgehog 2023.1.1 Canary 15 hangs when typing drawable resource name.
Resources	Issue #268536237 String Extract generates getString() instead of stringResource() in Electric Eel
Run	Issue #301311826 Minimum port 5038 for 'user managed adb' prevents use of the default port 5037 which may be desired
Tip of the Day	Issue #302571384 Suppress tip-of-the-day in Android Studio

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 6 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.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 6 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 6 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha06 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	Issue #225900051 Enforce `android.enableDexingArtifactTransform=true` Issue #298011938 [Gradle 8.4][upgrade] Integration test failure after upgrade due to file handling in configuration phase Issue #299602350 AGP 8.3.0-alpha-02 - `Error: Failed to deserialize cached resource repository.` Issue #298012643 [Gradle 8.4][upgrade] Integration test failure after upgrade due file handling in configuration phase of TestLabBuildService
Code Editor	Issue #301246673 Editor for ProGuard rules warns about missing class for -dontwarn
Compose Editing	Issue #301481575 Don't put `@Composable` on extract constants
Emulator	Issue #288717403 Bluetooth Exceptions when using Android Emulator 33.1.13
Import/Sync	Issue #301481563 Sources for AndroidX KMP libraries are not downloaded in Studio I Canary 5
Lint	Issue #266116266 No Lint warning about kotlin.text.MatchNamedGroupCollection#get(String) requiring API 26 Issue #293397291 lint:TypographyQuotes false negatives: more than one escaped apostrophe are ignored Issue #291130217 AGP 8.0.2 lint InvalidId detector false positive Issue #297095583 LintError issues added to lint baselines
Resources	Issue #179166707 Remove unused STRING resources

Android Studio - Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 2 is now available in the stable channel.

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Android Studio - Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 2 is now available in the stable channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin	Issue #294771624 androidResources is not available in the android library module Issue #293547829 [AGP 8.1.0] ./gradlew test fails with "Unable to find manifest output" if both splits.abi.isEnable and testOptions.unitTests.isIncludeAndroidResources are true
Database Inspector	Issue #294904657 Android Studio 2022.3.1 Giraffe is missing database inspector
Shrinker (R8)	Issue #295576241 Kotlin 1.9 causes Kotlin lambdas to be destroyed by R8 if nullchecks are stripped Issue #296654327 R8 fails with "Undefined value encountered during compilation" for play-services-measurement-21.3.0-runtime.jar

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 5 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.

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Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 5 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 5 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha05. 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	Issue #300502151 Please reduce/remove info-level logging for AGP "Analytics other plugin to proto: ..." Issue #298011288 [Gradle 8.4][upgrade] File operation during configuration in ProcessJavaResTask breaks config caching Issue #118668005 Variant API to get symbol table (R.txt) Issue #198453608 lint standalone plugin doesn't handle gradleApi() dependency properly Issue #197121903 Poor kDocs on AGP classes/properties. `VariantOutput.enable` suggests it should be replaced with `VariantOutput.enable` Issue #299506174 AGP 8.3.0-alpha02 cannot install release profiles on Windows hosts
Data Binding	Issue #230115126 BindingXmlIndex.getInputFilter violates contract of FileBasedIndexExtension Issue #204421590 Losing bindings
Editing	Issue #298656728 Iguana Canary 1: Double colors in gutter
Emulator	Issue #244619933 Error running test on an emulator : Unable to recompile * (Output(stdout=Failure: package * could not be compiled , stderr=))
Gradle Files Editor	Issue #298540715 Unused property 'unqualifiedResLocale'
Import/Sync	Issue #123239714 Studio should detect new jar dropped in libs folder and offer re-sync
Lint	Issue #284997735 LINT check Unused Resource false positive detection inside of binding and click listener Issue #300090636 Could not load custom lint check jar file: Node cannot be cast to TreeNode Issue #228961124 Lint visitAnnotationUsage not called for usages of annotated classes in variable declarations Issue #289695599 Lint 31.0.2 fails with java.util.NoSuchElementException: Array is empty.
Network Inspector	Issue #251452522 AS Flamingo Network Inspector rules dont work
New Code/Templates	Issue #223625358 Plugin repositories in new project wizard leads to slower first-time sync
Profilers	Issue #286199266 Save (or copy) traces recorded by Macrobenchmark library
Release Bundle/APKs	Issue #172735807 Export build to folder ending with a Space
Run	Issue #204903903 Unable to run Activity from the gutter menu
Running Devices	Issue #299884601 Device mirroring causing extremely high CPU usage on phone