Thursday, May 23, 2024

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Canary 3 now available

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Canary 3 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 Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Koala Feature Drop, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Koala Feature Drop, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Canary 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.6.0-alpha03. 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
Manifest not generated for Variant's androidTest configuration
AGP 8.4 tries to set up Startup Profiles on debug builds
Build Output
"source/target 6/7 support removed in JDK 21" error does not provide any quickfixes
Compose Editing
Applying the new Kotlin Compose Compiler Plugin crashes the K2 IDE Plugin and blocks the Analyzing phase
Import/Sync
[Koala Canary 8] UI freezes for 5-8s during gradle sync
Layout and Resource Editing
Scrolling with mouse in layout designer makes layout jump up and down if layout has a ScrollView in it
Lint
Lint does not call visitAnnotationUsage for usages of annotated annotations
Live Edit
Studio Iguana: Android Test Orchestrator breaks Live Edit with error: "min-api detection failure: Too many minAPI"
Navigation Editor
Bug: switching orientation on navigation graph preview has weird stretching effect
Translations Editor
Bug: in translation tool, can't use arrow keys to move to translations, and scrolling doesn't affect them either
Translations Editor: Handling of cut/paste in table
UI Tools
Vector asset import of US flag fails