Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.2.1 Canary 4 now available

Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.2.1 Canary 4 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 Ladybug, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Ladybug, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.2.1 Canary 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.7.0-alpha04. 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
AGP should claim that it supports API 35 that is about to ship
AGP 8.5: Many more "mergeDebugResources" tasks are run, slowing down builds
Make ndk 27 the default NDK in AGP.
C++ Build
JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS environment variable causes NDK builds to fail
Code Analysis
Lint giving incorrect suggestion about removeLast
Database Inspector
Databse inspector, Table's last rows hides behind the bottom bars
Preview
AS Compose Preview doesn't work with generated assets