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Android Studio Electric Eel RC3 now available

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 RC3 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 Electric Eel, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

Fixed Issues

Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #258704137

r8.jvmArgs don't get used

Deployment

Issue #260517780

Device mirroring error

Fragment

Issue #237567009

Fragment DialogFragmentCallbacksDetector Lint is broken when I upgrade to lint 30.4.x (AGP 7.4.x)

Import/Sync

Issue #256669321

No run configurations created for modules with "com.android.test" Gradle plugin

Issue #248576926

Frozen IDE attempting kotlin method refactor in large project

Lint

Issue #259140252

Lint: NPE due to querying Application instance in mergeOnly mode

Shrinker (R8)

Issue #238399429

[R8 3.3.68] Crash on some Android 6 devices after upgrading from R8 3.2

Issue #258270051

Latest version com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1 with okhttp 3.12.13 crashes on Android API 16

Issue #259389417

R8 doesn't properly obfuscate enum constant values for Kotlin enum class

Issue #259298098

R8 stripping out unused field, causes NPE in the code down below in the class constructor.

Issue #259933493

Creating an D8 AppInfo for horizontal merging may invalidate D8 type assumptions

Android Studio Flamingo Canary 10 now available

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Android Studio - Flamingo | 2022.2.1 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 Flamingo, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

Fixed Issues

Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #259130486

Instrumentation API does not transform local file dependencies

Issue #247906487

`AnnotationProcessorOptions.arguments are queried` error when updating to 7.4 Beta 1

Issue #227795139

Move Gradle public plugins to gradle-api and remove BasePlugin.getExtension

Issue #258704137

r8.jvmArgs don't get used

Issue #241546506

JDK17 as min version required for AGP

Issue #259556213

AGP 8.0.0 A8 breaks baseline profiles

Issue #199900566

Change 'compileSdkVersion' to 'compileSdk' in CheckAarMetadataTask message in AGP 8.0

Issue #261329823

AGP 7.4.0-rc01 breaks Variant API with "Querying the mapped value of map(provider(java.util.Set)) before task '...' has completed is not supported"

Android Studio

Issue #260141081

Don't show irrelevant Java preview features popup

APK Viewer

Issue #260118216

Baseline Profiles rules Too Large

Issue #259069733

Decode Baseline Profiles for App Bundles

AVD Preview

Issue #256543975

Vector Asset is unable to load SVG file

Build Analyzer

Issue #260732389

No "new build warnings available" notification from Build Analyzer

Code Editor

Issue #260129624

AppLinksAutoVerify doesn't support 301 redirects

Compose Editing

Issue #259272123

Deprecated compose `Image` import promoted above non-deprecated versions

Deployment

Issue #260517780

Device mirroring error

Design Tools

Issue #258881628

Converting SVG to Android Vector Graphics fails for linear gradients because of xref:href elments

Dexer (D8)

Issue #257488927

Dex merging error related to global synthetics after upgrading AS Canary 6 to 7

Emulator

Issue #236994625

Random emulator kernel CRASH related to WLAN emulation (mac80211_hwsim)

Issue #229752139

Tooltip for camera control resize emulator

Fragment

Issue #237567009

Fragment DialogFragmentCallbacksDetector Lint is broken when I upgrade to lint 30.4.x (AGP 7.4.x)

Import/Sync

Issue #236692992

JDK missing from the IDE

Issue #251761446

Adding sources after variants are created breaks sync

Issue #227452887

Android Support Plugin error messages need rewording

Layout Editor

Issue #235763757

LinearLayout horizontal and vertical icons can be misleading

Lint

Issue #255708236

AccessibilityDetector lint check explanation is outdated

Issue #262376528

Lint SDK_INT checks should understand temporary local variables

Issue #259130471

Error when TestMode.TYPE_ALIAS replace Function type with typealias

Issue #254222461

Bug: when ObjectAnimator is created outside of current code block, there are false-positive warnings of not starting it #38

Issue #259140252

Lint: NPE due to querying Application instance in mergeOnly mode

Issue #260752253

NonConstantResourceId lint rule cannot detect to assign constant values from resource id

Issue #258954161

not showing error on view id

Issue #259363262

Failure to deserialize lint resources cache results in a lint error (but should be a warning)

Issue #260755411

AGP Flamingo Alpha 8 Lint NewApi Desugar Regression

Lint Integration

Issue #193244776

Baseline file is currently an Input and an Output of the Lint tasks

Logcat

Issue #260202119

Add a Right Click Action to Copy Message Text

ProfileInstaller & Baseline Profiles

Issue #260629128

Expose addMetadata for Hawkeye tests

Resources

Issue #259111489

Refactoring XML Color (NOT File) Name Denies Use of Uppercase Character as Invalid File Name

Running Tests

Issue #241426924

Every time I run unit tests with coverage I have to recompile (twice)

Upgrade Assistant

Issue #260847161

Upgrading to AS Flamingo Canary 9 cause project to fail when Custom BuildConfig fields are used in gradle file.

Android Studio Electric Eel RC2 now available

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Android Studio - Electric Eel | 2022.1.1 RC2 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 Electric Eel, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog. General fixesThis update addresses the following issues. For details of new features and bugs fixed in each preview release, see previous entries on this blog.

Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #258704137: r8.jvmArgs don't get used

Deployment

Issue #260517780: Device mirroring issue

Fragment

Issue #237567009: Fragment DialogFragmentCallbacksDetector Lint is broken when I upgrade to lint 30.4.x (AGP 7.4.x)

Import/Sync

Issue #256669321: No run configurations created for modules with "com.android.test" Gradle plugin
Issue #248576926: Frozen IDE attempting kotlin method refactor in large project

Lint

Issue #259140252: Lint: NPE due to querying Application instance in mergeOnly mode

Shrinker (R8)

Issue #238399429: [R8 3.3.68] Crash on some Android 6 devices after upgrading from R8 3.2
Issue #258270051: Latest version com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.1 with okhttp 3.12.13 crashes on Android API 16
Issue #259389417: R8 doesn't properly obfuscate enum constant values for Kotlin enum class
Issue #259298098: R8 stripping out unused field, causes NPE in the code down below in the class constructor.
Issue #259933493: Creating an D8 AppInfo for horizontal merging may invalidate D8 type assumptions

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