Thursday, February 29, 2024

Android Studio Jellyfish | 2023.3.1 Canary 12 now available

Android Studio Jellyfish | 2023.3.1 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 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 12 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.4.0-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
MergeJavaResourcesTask incremental inputs handling issue
AGP 8.3.0-alpha02 depends on libraries with known security vunelaribilities
Selected activity template requires project with androidx.* dependencies
AGP Upgrade Assistent errouneously removes consumerProguardFiles from module
AGP Upgrade Assistant Loads Infinitely
Background Task Inspector
App Inspection Work Manager Retries is inconsistent
Request: For "Background task inspector" tool , show all information that's possible to get about all alarms
C++ Build
need a way to exclude native libraries from main APK but include in the test APK
Code Analysis
Android Studio Iguana RC 1 is not finding new versions of libraries
Lint
[BuildTool/Lint] ChecksSdkIntAtLeast constructor property
Project Structure
Project structure dialog suggests updating a 3rd party dependency although it's older (but version number is higher)
Upgrade Assistant
AGP Upgrade Assistant Infinite Loader