Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop | 2025.1.4 Canary 2 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.
For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop, see
closed issues.
General fixes and features
Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop | 2025.1.4 Canary 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.0.0-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 |
| Android Gradle Plugin |
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Fail build when proguard file does not exist
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remove buildconfig defaults gradle.properties flags
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Change the app’s targetSdk default value to be based on compileSdk instead of minSdk
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| Android SDK Upgrade Assistant |
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Android SDK Upgrade Assistant does not display
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| Gradle |
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Fix usage of Provider<*?> and Property<*?> in AGP
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| Remote Devices |
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Ellipsize the model id in the add remote device dialog
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| Running Tests |
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Device Info is the default tab when selecting a failed test case
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| Testing Tools |
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Test failure should default to showing Logs, not Device Info pane
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