Thursday, October 2, 2025

Android Studio Otter | 2025.2.1 Canary 4 now available

Android Studio Otter | 2025.2.1 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 Otter, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Otter, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Otter | 2025.2.1 Canary 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.0.0-alpha09. 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
`legacy-kapt` plugin skips annotation processing unlike `kotlin-kapt`
compileSdkSpec.minorApiLevel is not working with SettingsExtension
[fused lib - public] Generated fused library does not include sources
C++ Build
Narwhal 2025.1.3 - Backup Restore File Group Throwing NPE
Compose Preview
Cannot launch preview with PreviewParameter on device after project reopening
Layout and Resource Editing
After adding a configure hardware profile, it cannot be found in the Device For Preview