Friday, August 30, 2024

Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.2.1 Canary 9 now available

Android Studio Ladybug | 2024.2.1 Canary 9 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 9 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.7.0-alpha09. 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
BuildType#initWith copies postprocessing block but proguard configuration is not applied
Cannot merge for foregroundServiceType tags
Running Android lint failed with NoSuchFileException
Build Variant
[NewUI] Banner styles for variant conflicts not consistent
Lint
"android:host is missing" for uris with null host
Navigation Editor
Add naveditor to ktfmt presubmit hook
View Binding
ViewBinding class not generated from androidTest/ layouts