Thursday, July 16, 2026

Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 1 now available

Android Studio Quail 4 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 Quail 4, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Quail 4 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.4.0-alpha05. 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 Studio
ExtractAnnotations task does not share build cache entries between mac and linux
Gradle Integration
AGP 9.1.0 Circular dependency error between :app:l8DexDesugarLibUiTest and :app:minifyAndroidTestWithR8
Lint
Disable DalvikOverride by default
Lint tasks do not share build cache entries between mac and linux
Navigation Editor
nested navigation graph as starting destination breaks Android Studio Preview
Running Devices
"Hardware Input" emulator option is not persisted across Android Studio restarts