Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 RC 1 now available

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 RC 1 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta 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 RC 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.9.0-rc01. 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
AndroidComponentsExtension.addSourceSetConfigurations broken when stats are enabled
Code Editor
Inline Completion: non-English characters don't always render
Deployment
[Ladybug Canary 9] When running project, AS does not rebuild project anymore resulting in "Error loading build artifacts"
Import/Sync
Meerkat canary06 breaks gradle-profiler
Layout and Resource Editing
Android studio got slow after updating
Lint
AS 2024.3.1.4 hang intermittently when editing kotlin texts.
Move/Rename Code Refactor
Unable to rename files in meerkat android studio canary 9
Running Tests
Cannot run unit tests.