Monday, June 17, 2024

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Canary 6 now available

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 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 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 6 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.6.0-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
[Koala 2024.1.2 Canary 2] Error running a baseline profile module on a split APK
Clean up / remove ProjectInfo
Update outdated kdoc for `isIncludeAndroidResources` in AGP DSL
Compose Preview
"error loading build artifacts from" when trying to deploy a preview on Koala Canary 4
Compose Preview Screenshot Testing
Wear specific clipping missing for Compose Preview Screenshot Testing
Dependency Management
Bug: IDE doesn't always offer to replace "compile" with "api" or "implementation"
Gradle
Android studio (Iguana) showing project errors when there are not
Import/Sync
Linkify `*.versions.toml` file errors in gradle output
Layout and Resource Editing
Selecting from the autocomplete dropdown in Layout Editor fields does not work the first time. Have to do it twice to populate the field.
Lint
UnknownNullness lint error when using type-use annotations
[library desugar] lint shows false positive warning NewApi warnings with desugaring enabled
Lint Integration
Lint tasks fails with included build
Logcat
Case sensitive search in Logcat is not indicated
Resources
"Remove Unused Resources" does not work when selecting module in the project view