Thursday, February 26, 2026

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 Canary 2 now available

Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 Canary 2 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 3, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Panda 3, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Panda 3 | 2025.3.3 Canary 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.2.0-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
AGP 9.0 No androidComponents.onVariant equivalent for applicationVariants.all.mergeAssetsProvider
`*.xml.flat` files contain absolute file paths
R8D8ThreadPoolBuildService not registered
APK Viewer
APK Viewer strips all XML text content from files in res/xml
Database Inspector
App Inspector - Database Inspector - Support 3rd Party Drivers
Gradle
Different *.xml.flat content between JDK vendors causes cache misses in LinkApplicationAndroidResourcesTask
Import/Sync
Warn users when project is located in "protected" folders on OS X
Lint Integration
Android Lint fails with custom lint checks compiled to Java 21 bytecode
Manifests
Android Studio hangs after branch switch