Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop | 2025.1.4 Canary 3 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 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.0.0-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 |
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When `isIncludeAndroidResources` is enabled, `process{Variant}UnitTestManifest` fails to merge tools:overrideLibrary usages in AGP 8.12.0
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AGP causing deprecation warnings in Gradle for JVM test tasks
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DependencyReportTask is incompatible with the configuration cache
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| C++ Build |
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cross-module native dependency modeled incorrectly
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| Compose Editing |
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Color scheme for calls to compose functions don't update
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| Lint |
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Bug: removal of unused resources doesn't also remove the translations of them, and doesn't ask about it either
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| Running Devices |
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No audio (except media) plays on computer when "redirect audio from local devices" is enabled
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