Monday, December 23, 2024

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Canary 7 now available

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Canary 7 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 Meerkat, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Meerkat, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Canary 7 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.9.0-alpha07. 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
Fused Library error when unresolved dependency could be improved
System Properties from gradle.properties are not passed to R8 Gradle Workers in separate processes
Make BuiltArtifact.outputFile as File type
Not providing namespace on fused library does not give a good error message
lint options in AGP 7.1.0-alpha08 doesn't allow for stdout
Import/Sync
Disable offline mode and build again
Do not use default tasks for KMP modules
Lint
Lint incorrectly reports an uncessary nested layout when a FrameLayout used with fitSystemWindows to wrap a child RelativeLayout that that requires custom padding.
CoarseFineLocation lint rule doesn't account for a maxSdkVersion attribute
Resources
Unable to create Raw resource