Thursday, October 15, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 2 Canary 5 now available

Android Studio Rabbit 2 Canary 5 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 2, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 2, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Rabbit 2 Canary 5 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.5.0-alpha10. 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 CLI
android describe is broken?
android describe seems to fail in macrobenchmark and baselineprofile modules
Android Gradle Plugin
l8DexDesugarLib<Variant> destroys the obfuscation mapping: reads the full ~366 MB mapping.txt and rewrites it as a 25-byte "# L8 Desugaring Mapping" stub
Compose Preview
Compose Preview selects all views/composables initially
Compose Preview with same function name runs with existing run configuration
[Feature request] setting to fold preview by default
Gemini
Figma MCP authorization failure shows no “Start Login” action; AuthorizationException wrapped in McpException
Running Devices
Emulator controls suggestion
Tool Windows
Android Emulator: “Show Toolbar” option missing from the three-dot menu