Release updates archive

Android Studio 4.2.2 is now available in the Stable channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download here.

For information on new features and changes in all releases of Android Studio, see the Android Studio release notes.

We greatly appreciate your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. Note that you can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that you are also affected by it.

General fixes

This update includes fixes for the following public issues:

 Android Studio - Arctic Fox Beta 4 (2020.3.1.19) is now available in the Beta channel.

If you have Android Studio set up to receive updates on the Beta channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Arctic Fox, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. 

Android Studio - Bumblebee | 2021.1.1 Canary 2 is now available in the Canary and Dev channels.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Canary or Dev channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download here

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Arctic Fox, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

Build variant publishing

Android Gradle plugin 7.1.0 and higher allows you to configure which build variants to be published to an Apache Maven repository. Android Gradle plugin creates a component with a single or multiple build variants based on the new publishing DSL, which you can use to customize a publication to a Maven repository. Compared to previous versions, this also avoids unnecessary work, as no components will be created by default. To learn more, see publishing DSL.

General fixes and features

This fixes included in this updated can be found here.

We greatly appreciate your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. Note that you can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that you are also affected by it.

Android Studio - Arctic Fox Beta 3 (2020.3.1.18) is now available in the Beta channel.

If you have Android Studio set up to receive updates on the Beta channel, you can get the update by choosing Help > Check for Updates (Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.

For information on new features and changes in all preview builds of Android Studio Arctic Fox, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.