Android Studio Narwhal 3 Feature Drop Closed Issues

Android Studio Narwhal 3 Feature Drop | 2025.1.3

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0

This release includes minor fixes and improvements.

Android Studio Narwhal 3 Feature Drop | 2025.1.3 RC 2

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0-rc02
Fixed Issues
Android SDK Upgrade Assistant
Android SDK Upgrade Assistant does not display

Android Studio Narwhal 3 Feature Drop | 2025.1.3 RC 1

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0-rc01
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
`com.android.kotlin.multiplatform.library` crashes with Gradle Managed Devices
Shrinker (R8)
ClassCastException from impossible class with R8
ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: Index 0 out of bounds for length 0 since 8.10.0
Parsing of patterns in enableExperimentalPartialShrinking API is very strict

Android Studio Narwhal 3 Feature Drop | 2025.1.3 Canary 4

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0-alpha04
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
Change the app’s targetSdk default value to be based on compileSdk instead of minSdk
Code Editor
Version 2.9.0 - Unresolved reference 'fromSavedStateHandle'.
Compose Preview Screenshot Testing
Compose Preview Screenshot Testing - Drawables with decimal places in size cause failures

Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.3 Canary 3

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0-alpha03
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
Fused Library plugin should allow to use overrideLibrary
Running Devices
[Improvement] Disable auto focus to Emulator after build successfully

Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.3 Canary 2

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0-alpha02
Fixed Issues
C++ Editor
AS 16 KB: APK viewer shows root-level 16 KB warning when all .so files are compressed
Fused Library Plugin
[fused lib] validateDependenices task mistakes constraints for dependencies
Gemini
Crash because of "java.lang.ClassCircularityError: java/util/AbstractList$RandomAccessSpliterator"
Multiplatform
Robolectric host test doesn't work unless device test is also configured in new Android-KMP Gradle plugin
Running Tests
gmdAndroidTest was blocked while setup emulator
SDK Manager
Modal popup for SDK downloads at startup can't be dismissed
Translations Editor
Translations editor sort is reset on refresh

Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop | 2025.1.3 Canary 1

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 8.13.0-alpha01
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
Run CheckAarMetadataTask in library projects when building an AAR
Fused Library Plugin cannot process resource references from external library
API
Inform Studio about use of legacy variant API
C++ Build
AGP C++: Bump default NDK version. for AGP 9.0
Debugger
Bug: when debugging, there is no "view bitmap" link anymore on Bitmap objects
Gradle Integration
AGP Gradle Managed Devices has concurrency issues when run in parallel
Layout and Resource Editing
Bug: Bitmap preview in debug mode doesn't have correct size
New Code/Templates
Update library dependencies naming
Preview
Android Studio: RAM Usage Increases with Compose Previews and Doesn't Recover After Closing Tabs
Profilers
Go to instance action in heap dump does not work
Rendering
Compose Preview ignores HTML markup in string resources
Running Tests
gRPC message exceeds maximum size when running large test project in a Gradle-managed ATD
Translations Editor
translation editor: support for donottranslate.xml
UI Tools
xml Render problem