Monday, October 14, 2024

Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2 Canary 6 now available

Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2 Canary 6 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. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Ladybug Feature Drop | 2024.2.2 Canary 6 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.8.0-alpha06. 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 SDK Upgrade Assistant
Links from Android SDK Upgrade Assistant point to internal Google documentation
App Quality Insights
Wrong "more info" link about VCS in AQI info popup
Code Editor
Certain IntelliJ inspections do not see Metalava-injected annotations in the Android SDK
Dagger/Hilt Support
Dagger injected providers missing gutter icon with K2
Layout Inspector
Layout Inspector not showing count of recompositions within children
Lint
AGP 8.7.0 - Lint False Positive RestrictedApi on NavOptionsBuilder.popUpTo
WrongConstant lint appearing twice
"MonochromeLauncherIcon: Monochrome icon is not defined" warning is not caught by Android Studio
Running Tests
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError when running tests using JUnit
Run configuration for unit tests is not properly updated
Testing Tools
maxConcurrentDevices=1 doesn't prevent multiple emulators from running simultaneously
Upgrade Assistant
Add support in AUA to enable `buildFeatures.resValues` in the DSL in each project using it.