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Android Studio Narwhal 3 Feature Drop: Resizable Compose Preview, monthly releases and smarter AI
Android Studio Narwhal Feature Drop 3 enhances developer productivity with improved AI assistance and core workflow upgrades. Gemini now offers better context through AGENTS.md files, image attachments, and @file attachments. Image attachments allow generating Compose code from mockups, understanding UI structure, and debugging UI bugs with screenshots. AGENTS.md files provide project-specific instructions for consistent AI responses across teams. The release also introduces tools for testing app backup and restore functionality for smoother user device transfers. Play Policy Insights offer early warnings for potential Google Play policy violations directly within the IDE. Proguard inspections help optimize code by identifying overly broad keep rules. The Android view now allows displaying build files directly under their modules for better navigation. Developers can gain more control over Gradle syncs with a new manual sync option. The resizable Compose Preview enables faster UI iteration by dynamically resizing previews for responsive UI testing. This update is part of Android Studio's new monthly release cadence for more frequent improvements.