Friday, December 19, 2025

Android Studio Panda 1 Canary 1 now available

Android Studio Panda 1 | 2025.3.1 Canary 1 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 Panda 1, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Panda 1 | 2025.3.1 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.1.0-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
Add ability to turn ManifestProcessorTask warnings into errors
Transforming `OBFUSCATION_MAPPING_FILE` artifact results in outputs of R8 task missing from the output folder
Database Inspector
Otter 3 Feature Drop | 2025.2.3 Canary 3 broke the database inspector
Multiplatform
com.android.kotlin.multiplatform.library does not support custom group in applyDefaultHierarchyTemplate
Resources
Renaming an asset folders does not change the APK contents
Running Devices
Device Mirroring creates infinite VP8 codec loop causing 87% CPU drain on Pixel 9 Pro Fold
System Requirements
Android Studio Otter suggests downloading an "ARM64" build on Windows on ARM, where there is no such thing