Friday, June 6, 2025

Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.2 Canary 4 now available

Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.2 Canary 4 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 Feature Drop, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.2 Canary 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.12.0-alpha04. 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
Include nested MANIFEST.MF files in defaultExcludes
Glance
Impossible to copy image from glance preview
Gradle
Fixing AndroidBuildScriptsGroupNodeTest.appProject for IDEA
CriticalPathAnalyzerTest.testCriticalPathAnalyzerOnNoOpBuild() has invalid assertThat usage
Project Structure
Changing JVM target in Project Structure does not change kotlinOption
Resource Manager
Image asset studio crashes with KMP project