For most Android developers, Android studio is the preferred tool. Google will continue to release ide updates to add new features and bug fixes. The latest stable version is 4.1.1, and version 4.2 was launched on beta channel yesterday. Now, Google has released a new version of 2020.3.1, codenamed Android studio arctic fox, on Canary channel, according to the previous naming rules, namely Android studio 4.3.

The new naming convention gives developers more visibility, allowing them to quickly determine the release year. It also aligns it with IntelliJ idea (Android studio based). Finally, it also eliminates the coupling with the Android gradle plug-in version. The new plug-in version is AGP 7.0.0-alpha 01, which is also a new semantic naming convention.

Android Studio version naming will take place

With the new naming method, Google will also transition to using animal names as code names. From

Over 200 BUG. have been repaired by Google in the Arctic Fox it adds new features to the Jetpack Compose and provides new layout verification tools that allow developers to see how their applications respond to different screen layouts and patterns, such as color blind patterns.