Thursday, March 20, 2025

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 2 now available

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 2 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 Narwhal, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Narwhal, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.11.0-alpha02. 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
C++ Import/Sync
File menu fails to appear sometimes on Meerkat, Mac
Compose Preview
Can't see DropdownMenuItems when previewing ExposedDropdownMenuBox
Memory leak when enabling Interactive Mode in Compose Preview
Compose Preview fails to render when instantiating ExoPlayer
Lint
Lint rule BuildListAdds does not detect usage of operator fun plusAssign (+=) in buildList
UseSdkSuppress false positives on test helper code
Rendering
Android Studio crashes when previewing layout files
Shrinker (R8)
Unable to Generate Signed AAB after updating to AGP 8.9.0
Translations Editor
Bulk table cell selection is broken