Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Beta 1 now available

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Beta 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 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 Beta 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.10.0-beta01. 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
Isolated project: DeclarativeSchemaModel serialization error
Dexer (D8)
Backporting of android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES_FULL incorrect for Baklava
AutoClosable desugaring no longer reports ExecutorService.close as supported
Gradle
Java 17: Gradle daemons not shown in "Show Gradle daemons" window (Java 8 and 11 are shown)
Shrinker (R8)
Unable to Generate Signed APK after updating to AGP 8.9.0
Analyze written-before-read property at allocation sites encounters error when generating classfile
Problem regarding Java SPI in R8 shrinker of versions 8.6.*, 8.7.*, 8.8.0