Friday, March 7, 2025

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Canary 8 now available

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Canary 8 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 Feature Drop, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Canary 8 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.10.0-alpha08. 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
Add support for passing "isolated splits" info to R8
App crashes with NoClassDefFoundError and ClassNotFoundException when running app from Android Studio
Android Gradle Plugin: Avoid overriding Sync.getDestinationDir() in PackageRenderscriptTask and ProcessJavaResTask
Use merged java resources for unit tests
Deployment
Incorrect deployment failure error message: says minSdk, means targetSdk
Gradle
Keep build.gradle's `namespace` property in sync when refactoring package name in AS
Gradle Files Editor
Version Catalog file naming inconsistent with UI
DependencyHelper does not add plugin correctly to single module project
Add declarative error handle to navigate to error line
Import/Sync
Project structure dialog problem
Have a settings disable auto-import on project open
Lint
Error in the text of the warning message: "Unnecessary; `Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O` is *never* true here (`SDK_INT` ≥ 26 and < 31)"
StudioBot
Prompt library file created in my project without editing prompt library