Monday, September 9, 2024

Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2 Canary 1 now available

Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2 Canary 1 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 Feature Drop, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.8.0-alpha01. 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
Consider annotate input type for JacocoTransform as a @Classpath
com.android.build.api.variant.GeneratesApk should expose minSdk
com.android.settings plugin doesn't recognize targetSdk
SourceDirectories.addGeneratedSourceDirectory is not friendly to multiple variants
Code Editor
Request: add auto completion helpers for annotation: @RequiresPermission
Dagger/Hilt Support
Dagger injected providers missing gutter icon with K2
Gradle Files Editor
Changes to build.gradle made from diff viewer are not detected
Lint
KtAnalysisSessionProvider incompatibility with lint checks introduced in 8.7.0-alpha04
Lint Integration
Lint variant task is not found after evaluation
Logcat
Logcat scrolling to the end doesn't work
Manifests
Tried using tools:node="merge-only-attributes" but couldn't with no error message
Navigation Editor
Add naveditor to ktfmt presubmit hook
Project Structure
Zero-width buttons in Project Structure
Running Devices
Copy & paste not working in Android Studio (Linux)
StudioBot
(Ask Gemini) shows up in logcat without being a link