Android Studio full changelog

Apks generated from Bundles does not consider privacy sandbox support
"Lambda can be replaced with method reference" suggested when it is unhelpful to do so due to version restrictions
ProduceStateDoesNotAssignValue false positive
Remove usages of deprecated EP: com.intellij.dom.fileDescription
AI Rename suggestion includes current/original name
Settings pseudoLocalesEnabled should automatically update resourceConfigurations
AbstractAnnotationDetector checks wrong overloaded functions/constructors
Lint ImportAliasTestMode doesn't create import aliases for top level functions
WrongConstant lint appearing twice
New ObsoleteSdkInt lint warnings with AGP 8.8

Fixed Issues:
Issue #373243841
"Lambda can be replaced with method reference" suggested when it is unhelpful to do so due to version restrictions

Fixed Issues:
"False positive" WrongConstant when using PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags.of with Kotlin

Fixed Issues:
"False positive" WrongConstant when using PackageManager.ResolveInfoFlags.of with Kotlin

Fixed Issues:
Dexer (D8):
Dexing task/transform generates non-deterministic classes.dex contents
Gradle:
R8 regression from 8.4.2 to 8.5.0
IntelliJ:
Cannot close Koala when updating indices (which takes forever)
Shrinker (R8):
R8 8.5.x StackOverflowError in SimpleInliningConstraintAnalysis
Task :xxxx:minifyXXXReleaseWithR8 ERROR: R8: java.util.ConcurrentModificationException
java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "com.android.tools.r8.ir.analysis.type.TypeElement.asClassType()"

AGP 8.5: Many more "mergeDebugResources" tasks are run, slowing down builds
Adding srcs dir via Variant API not working as expected
java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier rejected class com.pax.log.LogUtils: java.lang.StackTraceElement com.pax.log.LogUtils.getCaller(com.pax.log.b, java.lang.StackTraceElement[], int) failed to verify
Incorrect IDE error for internal access from testFixtures with Kotlin
Android Studio Koala Feature Drop 2024.1.2 Beta 1 locks up on startup
Lint: SetTextI18n complains about assigning an empty string.
AS Compose Preview doesn't work with generated assets
R8 (AGP 8.5.0+) fails with error "Unexpected rewriting of item: ... to two distinct items:..."
The dex file generated by R8 shows "Unable to find static main(String[]) in 'Test'" when executed
Different Behavior Between Programs packed by R8 and D8
R8 NullPointer after updating to Kotlin 2.0

AGP 8.5: Many more "mergeDebugResources" tasks are run, slowing down builds
Adding srcs dir via Variant API not working as expected
java.lang.VerifyError: Verifier rejected class com.pax.log.LogUtils: java.lang.StackTraceElement com.pax.log.LogUtils.getCaller(com.pax.log.b, java.lang.StackTraceElement[], int) failed to verify
Incorrect IDE error for internal access from testFixtures with Kotlin
Android Studio Koala Feature Drop 2024.1.2 Beta 1 locks up on startup
Lint: SetTextI18n complains about assigning an empty string.
AS Compose Preview doesn't work with generated assets
R8 (AGP 8.5.0+) fails with error "Unexpected rewriting of item: ... to two distinct items:..."
The dex file generated by R8 shows "Unable to find static main(String[]) in 'Test'" when executed
Different Behavior Between Programs packed by R8 and D8
R8 NullPointer after updating to Kotlin 2.0

General fixes and features:
Android Gradle Plugin:
AGP should claim that it supports API 35 that is about to ship
Network Inspector:
Android studio network inspector doesn't work with brotli compression
Translations Editor:
String order should be kept

Fixed Issues:
Android Gradle Plugin:
`DataBindingCompilerArguments.asArguments` sometimes fails with "Cannot query the value of this provider because it has no value available"
Lint uses res directory without adding task dependency
Code Editor:
TypeDefCompletionContributor: Kotlin "optimize imports on the fly" setting not honored
Bug: no support for any attribute of AccessibilityService in terms of auto-completion/suggestion
Bug: auto-suggestions of "intent" and "extra" for preferences XML file
Firebase:
AQI: Firebase Crashlytics panel doesn't work with corporate proxy
Import/Sync:
Default flavors aren't respected for dynamic features
Gradle sync fails with plugin that uses variant.sources.manifests.addGeneratedManifestFile
Lint:
CheckResult does not warn about inlined functions with reified generics
Lint incorrectly flags core-library-desugared APIs with AGP 8.5.0
Lint: SetTextI18n complains about assigning an empty string.
Logcat:
How to filter a message contains a colon in android studio new logcat
Logcat Proto Format Reports Process Name as Zygote For New Processes
Manifests:
Bug: auto completion of elements in data element of queries that can't be used
Resources:
Support uri-relative-filter-group in AGP
Supprot uri-relative-filter-group in manifest editor
Unhelpful error message when using unsupported VectorDrawable attribute
Running Devices:
Support turning display power off on Android 14
Translations Editor:
Bug: in translation tool, can't use arrow keys to move to translations, and scrolling doesn't affect them either

Fixed Issues:
Android Studio Jellyfish no longer renders Doc Comments