Thursday, September 3, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 1 Canary 4 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 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 Rabbit 1, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 1, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Rabbit 1 Canary 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.5.0-alpha04. 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
BouncyCastle dependency should use BOM
Layout Inspector
Layout Inspector agent deadlocks the inspected app (ANR) on a foldable: FoldSupport blocks the main thread while holding the ViewLayoutInspector state lock
Live Edit
testVibeEditSuccessGates fails with --jvmopt=-Dstudio.threading.assertions.enabled=true
Running Devices
Android Studio low-quality/pixelated native device mirroring that looks like low bitrate