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Android Studio Jellyfish | 2023.3.1 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 Update (or 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 Jellyfish, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Jellyfish | 2023.3.1 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.4.0-alpha01 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
Improve error message for why `--release` option can't be used for JavaCompile
Disable caching of MergeSourceSetFolders using @DoNotCacheByDefault
Database Inspector
Database inspector columns do not support wrapping long lines
Database Inspector makes it needlessly hard to find related processes
Import/Sync
Using non-AndroidX libraries in an AndroidX project
Layout Inspector
Layout Inspector RootsDetector leaking root views
StudioBot
Studio Bot unresponsive with empty error
View Binding
android project - viewbinding is incorrectly claiming viewbinding class unavailable

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Beta 1 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Beta 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-beta01 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
Import/Sync
Potential compatibility issue with Gradle 9 in Iguana because of org.gradle.util.VersionNumber
Shrinker (R8)
R8 Flurry SDK crash with AGP 8.2.0
Android - R8 causes subclass of LinearLayoutManager to crash
R8 v8.2.33, "java.lang.VerifyError: Bad type on operand stack" runtime crash after upgrade

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 18 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

This release introduces App development with Gemini Pro using Google AI SDK, a client SDK for Android. See more information here.

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 17 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 17 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha17 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
Please provide options to include generated sources on Javadoc and SourceJar
Need quick fix for discrepancy between compileSdk and dependency with minCompileSdkVersion
[Gradle] tools:overrideLibrary should support asterisk (*)
UI Freeze when editing manifest
App Quality Insights
The sorting function of the Issues column isn't sorting intuitively
C++ Debugger
LLDB Debugger not check apk for required architectures before launching
Code Analysis
Lint library version checks don't work with BoM (Bill of Materials)
Code Editor
Quick documentation action on a function shows "COMPILED_CODE" for default parameters in Iguana Canary 5
Device Manager
Device skins copied to SDK directory
Gradle
'InlineApi' instead of 'InlinedApi'
Import/Sync
Allow tests for syncing with old versions of AGP to handle new namespace DSL
Firebase BOM not updated
Lint
Android Studio / Lint doesn't tell you when "platform" dependencies are out of date
Bug: no suggestion to update Firebase-bom dependency
Project Structure (and Gradle (?)) does not discover Firebase BOM dependencies to be upgraded to a newer version.

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 16 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 16 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha16 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
The link for "decoupled Projects" in studio settings goes to the wrong place.
Espresso Recorder
Record Your Test window not displayed in Android Studio for "Expresso Test Recorder"
Import/Sync
Unclear error/warning after project sync
Network Inspector
gRPC support for network inspector
gRPC inspector cannot capture from AndroidChannelBuilder
Shrinker (R8)
isShrinkResources overoptimizes in 8.3.0-alpha11 to alpha14

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 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 (or 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 Hedgehog, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0 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 Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 15 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 15 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha15 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
DexArchiveBuilderTaskDelegate was failed with resource only library module
AGP7.4 custom plugin variant toTransform for all throw duplicate entry: META-INF/MANIFEST.MF exception
Support new Manifest tags,
Espresso Recorder
Record Your Test window not displayed in Android Studio for "Expresso Test Recorder"
Import/Sync
UI for "Gradle JDK" does not suggest "Gradle Sync"
Layout Inspector
Iguana Canary 13: Layout inspector is spamming logcat with "No package ID ff found for resource ID 0xffffffff."
Network Inspector
gRPC support for network inspector
Resources
Resource resolution breaks when resource files are moved
When extracting string it become error
Running Devices
Unable to connect to physical device for development

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 14 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 14 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha14 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
SDK Manager should stop spamming log info to stdout
Build Output
ksp AutoMigration error is not shown in Android Studio
Gradle
NoClassDefFoundError with AGP 8.1.0, desugaring and minify
Lint
StackOverflow from `LintClient.getSdkHome`
New Code/Templates
TODO: Remove once KTIJ-19369 is fixed
Resource Manager
SVG import error, Error while parsing *.svg - Not a proper SVG file
Running Tests
Cannot run instrumented test for lib module on Pixel 7 Pro

Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 4 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 (or 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 Giraffe, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 4 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.1.4 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
Do not run dexing task on subprojects' classes when they are already dex'd through artifact transforms

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 13 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 13 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha13 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
Feature Request: Promote com.android.build.api.extension.impl.CURRENT_AGP_VERSION to a public API
Android SDK Upgrade Assistant
No upgrade path to API level 34
Compose Preview
IDE becomes very slow in Hedgehog 9 (possibly ComposePreviewRunLineMarkerContributor)
New Code/Templates
Adding a New Library Module Dependency Doesn't Compile
Project Structure
The supplied javaHome seems to be invalid. I cannot find the java executable
Running Devices
device preview has oval shape

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 3 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Hedgehog, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0-rc03 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
HEDGEHOG REGRESSION: Run button is delayed by a few seconds (Creating spec)
Help Menu
Logo on the About screen is distorted starting with Iguana Canary 6

Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 3 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 (or 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 Giraffe, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.1.3 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 8.1.0] ./gradlew test fails with "Unable to find manifest output" if both splits.abi.isEnable and testOptions.unitTests.isIncludeAndroidResources are true
Build failure after updating to AGP 8.1

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 12 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 12 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha12 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 8.1.0: dynamic feature: Implicit dependency between exportReleaseConsumerProguardFiles and extractProguardFiles cause compilation errors
`variant.unitTest.jniLibs.addGeneratedSourceDirectory` does not seem to do anything
Update XML parser used in AGP for Gradle 8.4 compatibility
AGP 8.0.1 release package jacoco instrument does not take effect
HEDGEHOG REGRESSION: Run button is delayed by a few seconds (Creating spec)
AGP 8.3.0-alpha11 produces release APK that crashes on startup with android.content.res.Resources$NotFoundException
Graduate "android.lint.printStackTrace" AGP property to stable
C++ Import/Sync
Android studio keeps indexing unrelated c++ code
CPU
Android Studio freeze when profiling/recording CPU trace. Last Bumblebee and Dolphin version
Device File Explorer
Update App Inspector to use Device Explorer
Lint
Unused Resources Processor might delete Gradle build file
NewApi lint check does not undertand "isAtleastU() && otherCondition()" final field
Running Tests
AS 2022.3.1.13 C3 doesn't allow debugging integration tests when the tested variant is non debuggable

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 2 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Hedgehog, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0-rc02 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
Compose Preview
Compose Preview broken when using HTML text with b-Tags
Layout Editor
Exception in Layout editor

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 11 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 11 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha11 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
Migrate to new Gradle configuration alignment API
Resource compilation fails when Kotlin compiler tries to update to IDEA 21.3
Reactive get() with artifacts API
Graduate "android.lint.printStackTrace" AGP property to stable
API
com.android.build.api.dsl.Packaging has no useful javadoc.
New Varian API DSL feature request: Equivalent for old API BaseVariant.preBuildProvider
Import/Sync
GradleProjectInfo.setSkipStartupActivity is still being used
Refresh VFS after project builds
Offer quickfix for "Could not install Gradle distribution"
Layout Inspector
Iguana Canary 2: Embedded Layout inspector spams logcat with `Invalid resource ID` errors
Lint
Invalid highlight of an warning which is false positive
Lint visitAnnotationUsage not called for usages of annotated classes in variable declarations
Network Inspector
Make Network Inspector Static
Running Devices
Pixel fold device streaming broken for API level 34

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 10 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 10 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-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 Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 9 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 9 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha09 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
Transforming the ASSETS artifact give broken input/output locations
Promote android.experimental.r8.dex-startup-optimization=true to be default
Editing
shrinkunusedprotofields is marked as invalid flag in proguard-rules.pro
IntelliJ
Iguana: Process 471 is still running
Lint
Quickfix Lint doesn't work and results in an IDE error
Inconsistent test failure due to partial analysis
Logcat
Add a Process Name Column in Logcat

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 8 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 8 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha08 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
Tranforming an APK leads to a error with ListingFileRedirectTask
Baseline Profiles & ProfileInstaller
Desugared classes are missing from the compiled profile
Code Editor
Android Studio deadlock (AttachAndroidSdkSourcesNotificationProvider)
Compose Editing
Don't implement optional trailing lambdas by default
Compose Preview
Change request: prev Live Template should generate a private function
Debugger
App Inspection Instructions are Misleading
Import/Sync
AndroidGradleProjectResolver.isAndroidGradleProject takes significant time
Live Edit
10-30 second freezes caused by Live Edit
Profilers
Profiler becomes unusably slow after just 3-4 runs, have to restart IDE
Resource Manager
Bug: importing SVG file puts it in wrong folder, of "drawable-svg" instead of "drawable", causing "Android resource linking failed" error
Testing
Macrobenchmark test results show same timing info for all tests using Run -> Import Tests From File

Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 1 is now available in the Beta channel.

If you already have an Android Studio build on the Beta channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Update (or 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 Hedgehog, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 RC 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.2.0-rc01 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
Android Studio Giraffe does not respect versionCodeOverride with AGP 8.1
AGP 8.1.0 uninstalls app after running instrumented tests - 7.4.2 does not
Tranforming an APK leads to a error with ListingFileRedirectTask
C++ Build
[Hedgehog | 2023.1.1 Beta 4] android.injected.build.abi' gradle flag contained 'armeabi' which is invalid.
Running Devices
Device mirroring causing extremely high CPU usage on phone
Third Party Plugins
Lombok plugin support

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 7 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 7 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha07 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 8.1.0 uninstalls app after running instrumented tests - 7.4.2 does not
Layout Editor
androidx.core:core-ktx:1.12.0 causes Render Problem in Android Studio
Navigation Editor
Problem to Define Args in Navigation
Profilers
Save (or copy) traces recorded by Macrobenchmark library
Rendering
Android Studio Hedgehog 2023.1.1 Canary 15 hangs when typing drawable resource name.
Resources
String Extract generates getString() instead of stringResource() in Electric Eel
Run
Minimum port 5038 for 'user managed adb' prevents use of the default port 5037 which may be desired
Tip of the Day
Suppress tip-of-the-day in Android Studio

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 6 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 Canary 6 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-alpha06 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
Enforce `android.enableDexingArtifactTransform=true`
[Gradle 8.4][upgrade] Integration test failure after upgrade due to file handling in configuration phase
AGP 8.3.0-alpha-02 - `Error: Failed to deserialize cached resource repository.`
[Gradle 8.4][upgrade] Integration test failure after upgrade due file handling in configuration phase of TestLabBuildService
Code Editor
Editor for ProGuard rules warns about missing class for -dontwarn
Compose Editing
Don't put `@Composable` on extract constants
Emulator
Bluetooth Exceptions when using Android Emulator 33.1.13
Import/Sync
Sources for AndroidX KMP libraries are not downloaded in Studio I Canary 5
Lint
No Lint warning about kotlin.text.MatchNamedGroupCollection#get(String) requiring API 26
lint:TypographyQuotes false negatives: more than one escaped apostrophe are ignored
AGP 8.0.2 lint InvalidId detector false positive
LintError issues added to lint baselines
Resources
Remove unused STRING resources

Android Studio - Giraffe | 2022.3.1 Patch 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 it here.

Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
androidResources is not available in the android library module
[AGP 8.1.0] ./gradlew test fails with "Unable to find manifest output" if both splits.abi.isEnable and testOptions.unitTests.isIncludeAndroidResources are true
Database Inspector
Android Studio 2022.3.1 Giraffe is missing database inspector
Shrinker (R8)
Kotlin 1.9 causes Kotlin lambdas to be destroyed by R8 if nullchecks are stripped
R8 fails with "Undefined value encountered during compilation" for play-services-measurement-21.3.0-runtime.jar

Android Studio Iguana | 2023.2.1 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 Update (or 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 Iguana, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Iguana Canary 5 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.3.0-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 Gradle Plugin
Please reduce/remove info-level logging for AGP "Analytics other plugin to proto: ..."
[Gradle 8.4][upgrade] File operation during configuration in ProcessJavaResTask breaks config caching
Variant API to get symbol table (R.txt)
lint standalone plugin doesn't handle gradleApi() dependency properly
Poor kDocs on AGP classes/properties. `VariantOutput.enable` suggests it should be replaced with `VariantOutput.enable`
AGP 8.3.0-alpha02 cannot install release profiles on Windows hosts
Data Binding
BindingXmlIndex.getInputFilter violates contract of FileBasedIndexExtension
Losing bindings
Editing
Iguana Canary 1: Double colors in gutter
Emulator
Error running test on an emulator : Unable to recompile * (Output(stdout=Failure: package * could not be compiled , stderr=))
Gradle Files Editor
Unused property 'unqualifiedResLocale'
Import/Sync
Studio should detect new jar dropped in libs folder and offer re-sync
Lint
LINT check Unused Resource false positive detection inside of binding and click listener
Could not load custom lint check jar file: Node cannot be cast to TreeNode
Lint visitAnnotationUsage not called for usages of annotated classes in variable declarations
Lint 31.0.2 fails with java.util.NoSuchElementException: Array is empty.
Network Inspector
AS Flamingo Network Inspector rules dont work
New Code/Templates
Plugin repositories in new project wizard leads to slower first-time sync
Profilers
Save (or copy) traces recorded by Macrobenchmark library
Release Bundle/APKs
Export build to folder ending with a Space
Run
Unable to run Activity from the gutter menu
Running Devices
Device mirroring causing extremely high CPU usage on phone