Touch Bar icons not showing for Android Studio after update

Question

I'm using a MacBook for the first time.

I had Android Studio 4.0 or 4.1 (I think) installed. It used to show me all the icons in the Touch Bar like the green run icon and the debug icons so I could use them directly from there. Even when in debug mode I used to get all the icons for stepping over or stepping into code.

After that I updated Android Studio 2-3 times and I am currently on Android Studio 4.2.1 and it has stopped showing any of the Touch Bar icons for Android Studio since the first time I updated. There are times when debugging that the debugging icons show for a while and then suddenly disappear. I'm facing this issue only with Android Studio.

According to another answer online, I am supposed to have a folder for Touch Bar (Settings) under Android Studio: Preferences > Menu and Toolbars but I don't have and folder for Touch Bar Settings there.

Can any one help me resolve this issue?

Thanks

Answer 1

answer in https://developer.android.com/studio/known-issues

To resolve this issue, revert any customizations you have made to those buttons as follows:

Select File > Settings (or Android Studio > Preferences on macOS). On the left of the window, navigate to Appearance & Behavior > Menus and Toolbars. On the right side of the window, navigate to Main Toolbar > Toolbar Run Actions and select Run/Debug. Near the top of the window, click Revert. and select Restore Run/Debug. Click OK. You should now see the missing buttons in the toolbar.

Answer 2

Open Terminal and type the following commands:

mkdir -p ~/Library/Frameworks/nst.framework/
cd ~/Library/Frameworks/nst.framework/
ln -s path/to/android/studio/install/Contents/bin/libnst64.dylib nst

Answer 3

This issue has been resolved after I upgraded to

Android Studio Arctic Fox | 2020.3.1 Build #AI-203.7717.56.2031.7583922

An interesting thing about Android Studio Artic Fox is that it has changed the versioning scheme to match that of it's parent product, the Intellij IDEA 2020.3.1. So rather than Android Studio 4.3 it is now Android Studio 2020.3.1 with code name Artic Fox. This will keep the versioning schemes systematic.

There are a lot of cool feature updates too.

Check more at this link Android Studio Artic Fox release notes