I have been on Canary Channel so I could use Compose why is kotlinlang #compose

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codeslubber

03/22/2020, 6:44 PM

I have been on Canary Channel so I could use Compose, why is AS constantly offering me the beta releases? do they support compose now?

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Mark Murphy

03/22/2020, 8:00 PM

Are you on 4.0 Canary or 4.1 Canary? I can see getting that prompt if you are on 4.0 Canary, but I would not expect it if you are on 4.1 Canary.

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codeslubber

03/22/2020, 8:52 PM

I thought I was on the right canary??

I have done several updates and updated my Compose code which works?

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Mark Murphy

03/22/2020, 8:52 PM

I don't know how you define "right" in this case 😀

4.0 has proceeded to having beta releases, so you will get update notices about that if you are running a 4.0 canary. 4.1 is also out, purely as canary builds (Canary 3 right now), and you should not get update notices there. Leastways, I don't. AFAIK there is nothing wrong with sticking with the last 4.0 canary build (Canary 9 IIRC).

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codeslubber

03/22/2020, 8:54 PM

there’s only one canary channel?

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Mark Murphy

03/22/2020, 8:56 PM

If it weren't for Compose, I would never run a canary build -- I have enough problems with pre-release OS and library versions. But, from your symptoms, it appears that a 4.0 canary will offer an upgrade to 4.0 beta instead of 4.1 canary.

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codeslubber

03/22/2020, 8:57 PM

haha amen brother..

how do I get on 4.1 canary?

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Mark Murphy

03/22/2020, 8:58 PM

I downloaded it from https://developer.android.com/studio/preview manually

Since I've had problems with pre-release Studio builds clobbering my stable Studio installation, I never upgrade pre-release Studio builds via the channel. I always manually delete the old pre-release and unpack the new one.

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codeslubber

03/22/2020, 10:01 PM

so, I have not gotten a single release on Canary since these betas have started and even with it set to canary if I say check now, it shows me the beta?? jesus I wish there was a language in programming that just made illogical contradictions impossible…

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Mark Murphy

03/22/2020, 10:03 PM

if you consider the rule to be "give me the latest up to and including canary, for the current minor release", you get the symptoms that you are describing

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codeslubber

03/22/2020, 10:04 PM

I guess this is one of those cases where if I am wrong I don’t want to be right.

Downloaded 4.1 Preview, thanks @Mark Murphy

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