Android Studio Panda 4 Closed Issues

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 RC 1

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 9.2.0-rc01

This release includes minor fixes and improvements.

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 Canary 4

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 9.2.0-alpha08
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
Allow higher compileSdk for tests than main
Compose Preview Screenshot Testing
Screenshot Plugin: Layoutlib's isolated classloader prevents JVM coverage agents from instrumenting composable classes
Screenshot testing: validate incorrectly succeeds with stale screenshot when test throws exception
Lint
AGP 9 Lint reports WrongConstant when using nested IntDef constants

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 Canary 3

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 9.2.0-alpha07
Fixed Issues
C++ Build
AGP 9.x configureCMakeDebug fails with Gson reflection error on Gradle 9.x + JDK 21
Lint
Lint error when resource shrinking is disabled
New Code/Templates
Sort dependencies in alphabetical order in gradle file
Preview
You broke pinch-to-zoom in compose preview (design/split)
Resource Manager
Vector asset studio doesn't embed license in generated XML files
Resources
processDebugUnitTestManifest fails with "Referenced navigation file not found" when is used in manifest (regression from AGP 9.0.1 → 9.1.0)

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 Canary 2

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 9.2.0-alpha06
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
Embed CC compatibility declaration in AGP
Update Kotlin Gradle plugin dependency to 2.3.10
Import/Sync
Parameter specified as non-null is null: method com.android.studio.ml.gradle.buildsystem.GradleTaskExecutorImpl$syncEventsFlow$1$2.syncFailed, parameter errorMessage

Android Studio Panda 4 | 2025.3.4 Canary 1

Released together with:
  • Android Gradle Plugin 9.2.0-alpha05
Fixed Issues
Android Gradle Plugin
keepRules sourceset not working for libraries
Gemini
Failed to refresh models
Live Edit
Remove LINK_VIA_SIGNATURES
Project View
Bug Report: "Android" Project View Crashes with NullPointerException in BackupGroupNode
Bug in Android Studio,
"Android" project file view indefinitely "loading...."
Shrinker (R8)
Targeting Java 11 seems to break d8