Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Patch 1 now available

Android Studio Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Patch 1 is now available in the Stable channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable 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 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 Patch 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.6.1. 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
Dexer (D8)
Dexing task/transform generates non-deterministic classes.dex contents
Gradle
R8 regression from 8.4.2 to 8.5.0
IntelliJ
Cannot close Koala when updating indices (which takes forever)
Shrinker (R8)
R8 8.5.x StackOverflowError in SimpleInliningConstraintAnalysis
Task :xxxx:minifyXXXReleaseWithR8 ERROR: R8: java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.android.tools.r8.ir.analysis.type.TypeElement.asClassType()"