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	Issue #278800528 Improve error message for why `--release` option can't be used for JavaCompile Issue #194804421 Disable caching of MergeSourceSetFolders using @DoNotCacheByDefault
Database Inspector	Issue #211670717 Database inspector columns do not support wrapping long lines Issue #153803735 Database Inspector makes it needlessly hard to find related processes
Import/Sync	Issue #317085185 Using non-AndroidX libraries in an AndroidX project
Layout Inspector	Issue #316777257 Layout Inspector RootsDetector leaking root views
StudioBot	Issue #316844800 Studio Bot unresponsive with empty error
View Binding	Issue #316308496 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	Issue #315440596 Potential compatibility issue with Gradle 9 in Iguana because of org.gradle.util.VersionNumber
Shrinker (R8)	Issue #315877832 R8 Flurry SDK crash with AGP 8.2.0 Issue #314984596 Android - R8 causes subclass of LinearLayoutManager to crash Issue #315186101 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	Issue #214428179 Please provide options to include generated sources on Javadoc and SourceJar Issue #308175247 Need quick fix for discrepancy between compileSdk and dependency with minCompileSdkVersion Issue #37045148 [Gradle] tools:overrideLibrary should support asterisk (*) Issue #309843401 UI Freeze when editing manifest
App Quality Insights	Issue #314372143 The sorting function of the Issues column isn't sorting intuitively
C++ Debugger	Issue #301570463 LLDB Debugger not check apk for required architectures before launching
Code Analysis	Issue #173137950 Lint library version checks don't work with BoM (Bill of Materials)
Code Editor	Issue #301981607 Quick documentation action on a function shows "COMPILED_CODE" for default parameters in Iguana Canary 5
Device Manager	Issue #314840589 Device skins copied to SDK directory
Gradle	Issue #204522137 'InlineApi' instead of 'InlinedApi'
Import/Sync	Issue #243886833 Allow tests for syncing with old versions of AGP to handle new namespace DSL Issue #286247192 Firebase BOM not updated
Lint	Issue #313937481 Android Studio / Lint doesn't tell you when "platform" dependencies are out of date Issue #190076622 Bug: no suggestion to update Firebase-bom dependency Issue #192383335 Project Structure (and Gradle (?)) does not discover Firebase BOM dependencies to be upgraded to a newer version.