Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop | 2025.1.4 Canary 1 is now available in the Canary channel.
If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary channel,
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For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.
General fixes and features
Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop | 2025.1.4 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.0.0-alpha01. 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 |
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Remove deprecated AndroidSourceSet.jni in AGP 9.0
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Remove Installation.installOptions() in AGP 9.0
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Remove BuildType.isRenderscriptDebuggable in AGP 9.0.
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Remove android.defaults.buildfeatures.renderscript
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`com.android.kotlin.multiplatform.library` crashes with Gradle Managed Devices
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Remove `android.defaults.buildfeatures.aidl` defaults gradle.properties flags
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| Compose Preview Screenshot Testing |
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update<Variant>ScreenshotTest task lost FROM-CACHE capability in 0.0.1-alpha10
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| Database Inspector |
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Database Inspector does not work with BundledSQLiteDriver.
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| Project Structure |
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| Running Devices |
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Feature request, "Running devices": Show more complete device name for the case that several devices of same model is connected
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| Testing Tools |
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Remove TestOptions devices and deviceGroups DSL
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