Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop Closed Issues

Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop | 2025.1.4 Canary 2

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 9.0.0-alpha02
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
Fail build when proguard file does not exist
remove buildconfig defaults gradle.properties flags
Change the app’s targetSdk default value to be based on compileSdk instead of minSdk
Android SDK Upgrade Assistant
Android SDK Upgrade Assistant does not display
Gradle
Fix usage of Provider<*?> and Property<*?> in AGP
Remote Devices
Ellipsize the model id in the add remote device dialog
Running Tests
Device Info is the default tab when selecting a failed test case
Testing Tools
Test failure should default to showing Logs, not Device Info pane

Android Studio Narwhal 4 Feature Drop | 2025.1.4 Canary 1

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 9.0.0-alpha01
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
Remove deprecated AndroidSourceSet.jni in AGP 9.0
Remove Installation.installOptions() in AGP 9.0
Remove BuildType.isRenderscriptDebuggable in AGP 9.0.
Remove android.defaults.buildfeatures.renderscript
`com.android.kotlin.multiplatform.library` crashes with Gradle Managed Devices
Remove `android.defaults.buildfeatures.aidl` defaults gradle.properties flags
Compose Preview Screenshot Testing
updateScreenshotTest task lost FROM-CACHE capability in 0.0.1-alpha10
Database Inspector
Database Inspector does not work with BundledSQLiteDriver.
Project Structure
Typo in dialog
Running Devices
Feature request, "Running devices": Show more complete device name for the case that several devices of same model is connected
Testing Tools
Remove TestOptions devices and deviceGroups DSL