Release Updates

Android Studio Rabbit 3 RC 1 now available

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 3 RC 1 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 Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Rabbit 3, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 3, see closed issues.General fixes and featuresBelow is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Rabbit 3 RC 1 and Android Gradle Plugin . These are a result of your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. You can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that it also affects you.

Fixed Issues

Layout and Resource Editing

Issue #583343830

Crash opening layout xml files

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 3 now available

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 3 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 Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Rabbit 3, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 3, see closed issues.General fixes and featuresBelow is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 3 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.6.0-alpha03. These are a result of your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. You can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that it also affects you.

Fixed Issues

Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #376975539

Ladybug UI is slower than Koala

Issue #567487269

Make analyzeReleaseR8Config output print out link to the report

Issue #396148600

IDE Performance Slows to a Crawl During Gradle Build in large project

C++ Build

Issue #491158080

Prefab does not include prebuilt shared libraries in .aar

Compose Preview

Issue #577972199

Compose Preview misses previews whose annotation resolves only after the file was first scanned

Issue #348520440

Enable Pseudolocales in Compose Previews

Gradle Files Editor

Issue #526305384

False positive warning in build.gradle.kts: Dependency 'null' is declared multiple times when using libs.versions.toml bundles

Import/Sync

Issue #242856048

"agp-missing-dimension-for-sync-only" is not reported in models as the only item in androidDsl.flavorDimensions

Lint Integration

Issue #566069554

[AGP 9.x] Broken Gradle cache: Moving sources fails Lint analysis

Multiplatform

Issue #475431060

R8 build job fails with com.android.kotlin.multiplatform.library

Open Project

Issue #361777156

Open project in "New Window" prompt shown twice when `.idea` folder is missing

Android Studio Rabbit 2 Patch 1 now available

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 2 Patch 1 is now available in the Stable channel.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Rabbit 2, see the Android Studio release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 2, see closed issues.

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 2 now available

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 2 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 Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Rabbit 3, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 3, see closed issues.General fixes and featuresBelow is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 2 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.6.0-alpha02. These are a result of your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. You can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that it also affects you.

Fixed Issues

Android Gradle Plugin

Issue #567815521

Unsafe system properties read for R8 tasks

Gemini

Issue #567579129

Mouse Scroll in agent does not work in the margin

Layout and Resource Editing

Issue #500042320

Split Mode should be saved with the file

Android Studio Rabbit 2 now available

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 2 is now available in the Stable channel.If you already have an Android Studio build on the Stable channel, you can get the update by clicking Help > Check for Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Rabbit 2, see the Android Studio release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 2, see closed issues.

Android Studio Rabbit 2 RC 2 now available

Monday, October 26, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 2 RC 2 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 Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Rabbit 2, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. For details of bugs fixed in each previous release of Android Studio Rabbit 2, see closed issues.

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 1 now available

Thursday, October 22, 2026

Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 1 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 Updates (or Android Studio > Check for Updates on macOS). Otherwise, you can download it here.For information on new features and changes in Android Studio Rabbit 3, see the Android Studio Preview release notes. General fixes and featuresBelow is a list of general fixes in Android Studio Rabbit 3 Canary 1 and Android Gradle Plugin 9.6.0-alpha01. These are a result of your bug reports, which help us to make Android Studio better. If you encounter a problem, let us know by reporting a bug. You can also vote for an existing issue to indicate that it also affects you.