Thursday, June 20, 2024

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Canary 7 now available

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 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 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 7 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.6.0-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
App Quality Insights
Firebase Crashlitycs don't work
Dagger/Hilt Support
Dagger Gutter Icons are not shown for multi module projects after Hedgehog update
Hilt in editor navigation doesn't work between libraries (only modules)
Dependency Management
CredentialDependency warning in lint 8.5.0-alpha08 called out despite credentials-play-services-auth being present
IntelliJ
Koala Canary 3 (2024.1) broke syncing settings across IDEs
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
Credential Manager Lint warning incorrect on Wear
Logcat
Logcat tag name disappears when searching/filtering
Third Party Plugins
Grazie plugin leading to infinite code analysis