Thursday, March 27, 2025

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 3 now available

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 3 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 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.11.0-alpha03. 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
Request: for the deprecation of zipAlignEnabled, tell why it's deprecated and what to use instead
Code Editor
Dagger-related Incorrect CachedValue use
Compose Preview Screenshot Testing
Compose screenshot testing: tests fail in GitLab CI
Device Manager
Remove "square" and "rectangular" screenshot options
Can't detect online emulator
Wiping out AVD fails while emulator is slowly stopping
Lint
Warn potential conflict of member and extension
Live Edit
Recomposition error: "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Array has incompatible type: class [Lcom.example.myapplication.ListItem;"
Logcat
LogcatMessageAssemblerTest.multipleBatchesWithIntervals() has invalid assertThat usages
Network Inspector
Set Globals variable on Rules (App inspection)
Resources
Color editor transparency cannot be saved
Inconsistent integer resource preview in editor