Friday, March 22, 2024

Android Studio Koala | 2023.3.2 Canary 2 now available

Android Studio Koala | 2023.3.2 Canary 2 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 Koala, 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 Koala | 2023.3.2 Canary 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.5.0-alpha02. 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
SourceDirectories#static shouldn't depend on GenerateBuildConfig task
Dexer (D8)
Backport `close()` method on classes which implement `AutoCloseable` from a specific API level
Import/Sync
Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 9 not generating a correct project for compose
Lint
Lint 8.3.0 returning false for `isKotlin` on an element in a Kotlin source file
new lint check: warn if `.dp` is called on a value annotated with `@Px`
Lint Integration
Lint crashes in project with custom artifact types
Lint issue Suppress detected only after Gradle build cache cleanup
Logcat
"Clear log before launch" Run option doesn't work if logcat window is not open before launching the app
Upgrade Assistant
Studio should update repository list to add google() before upgrade to a version of AGP that only shipped on gmaven.