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Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 3 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 Narwhal, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Narwhal, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.11.0-alpha03. 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
Request: for the deprecation of zipAlignEnabled, tell why it's deprecated and what to use instead
Code Editor
Dagger-related Incorrect CachedValue use
Compose Preview Screenshot Testing
Compose screenshot testing: tests fail in GitLab CI
Device Manager
Remove "square" and "rectangular" screenshot options
Can't detect online emulator
Wiping out AVD fails while emulator is slowly stopping
Lint
Warn potential conflict of member and extension
Live Edit
Recomposition error: "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Array has incompatible type: class [Lcom.example.myapplication.ListItem;"
Logcat
LogcatMessageAssemblerTest.multipleBatchesWithIntervals() has invalid assertThat usages
Network Inspector
Set Globals variable on Rules (App inspection)
Resources
Color editor transparency cannot be saved
Inconsistent integer resource preview in editor

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Patch 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 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 Meerkat, see the Android Studio release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Meerkat, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 Patch 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.9.1. 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
Dexer (D8)
Backporting of android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES_FULL incorrect for Baklava
Shrinker (R8)
Unable to Generate Signed APK after updating to AGP 8.9.0
Analyze written-before-read property at allocation sites encounters error when generating classfile
Problem regarding Java SPI in R8 shrinker of versions 8.6.*, 8.7.*, 8.8.0

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 2 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 Narwhal, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Narwhal, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.11.0-alpha02. 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
C++ Import/Sync
File menu fails to appear sometimes on Meerkat, Mac
Compose Preview
Can't see DropdownMenuItems when previewing ExposedDropdownMenuBox
Memory leak when enabling Interactive Mode in Compose Preview
Compose Preview fails to render when instantiating ExoPlayer
Lint
Lint rule BuildListAdds does not detect usage of operator fun plusAssign (+=) in buildList
UseSdkSuppress false positives on test helper code
Rendering
Android Studio crashes when previewing layout files
Shrinker (R8)
Unable to Generate Signed AAB after updating to AGP 8.9.0
Translations Editor
Bulk table cell selection is broken

Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 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 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 Narwhal, see the Android Studio Preview release notes.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Narwhal | 2025.1.1 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.11.0-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
Isolated project: DeclarativeSchemaModel serialization error
Apply Changes
Apply Code Changes always causes Activity to get recreated
Compose Preview
Device specific previews should set the uiMode
Gradle
Keep build.gradle's `namespace` property in sync when refactoring package name in AS
Live Edit
251 merge: failure on BasicCompileTest.renamedFile()
251 merge: LiveEdit integration test failure with IR CodeGen exception
251 merge: KeyMeta null point exception
Translations Editor
Regression ? Translation Editor fails om creating translated texts.

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 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 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 Meerkat Feature Drop, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Beta 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.10.0-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
Android Gradle Plugin
Isolated project: DeclarativeSchemaModel serialization error
Dexer (D8)
Backporting of android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES_FULL incorrect for Baklava
AutoClosable desugaring no longer reports ExecutorService.close as supported
Gradle
Java 17: Gradle daemons not shown in "Show Gradle daemons" window (Java 8 and 11 are shown)
Shrinker (R8)
Unable to Generate Signed APK after updating to AGP 8.9.0
Analyze written-before-read property at allocation sites encounters error when generating classfile
Problem regarding Java SPI in R8 shrinker of versions 8.6.*, 8.7.*, 8.8.0

Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 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 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 Meerkat Feature Drop, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop, see closed issues.

General fixes and features

Below is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Meerkat Feature Drop | 2024.3.2 Canary 8 and Android Gradle Plugin 8.10.0-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
Add support for passing "isolated splits" info to R8
App crashes with NoClassDefFoundError and ClassNotFoundException when running app from Android Studio
Android Gradle Plugin: Avoid overriding Sync.getDestinationDir() in PackageRenderscriptTask and ProcessJavaResTask
Use merged java resources for unit tests
Deployment
Incorrect deployment failure error message: says minSdk, means targetSdk
Gradle
Keep build.gradle's `namespace` property in sync when refactoring package name in AS
Gradle Files Editor
Version Catalog file naming inconsistent with UI
DependencyHelper does not add plugin correctly to single module project
Add declarative error handle to navigate to error line
Import/Sync
Project structure dialog problem
Have a settings disable auto-import on project open
Lint
Error in the text of the warning message: "Unnecessary; `Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O` is *never* true here (`SDK_INT` ≥ 26 and < 31)"
StudioBot
Prompt library file created in my project without editing prompt library

Android Studio Meerkat | 2024.3.1 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 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 Meerkat, see the Android Studio release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Meerkat, see closed issues.