Android Studio Uses Very Old JDK Version?

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John Donavan

Forum posts: 11

Mar 17, 2015, 10:24:06 AM via Website

Mar 17, 2015 10:24:06 AM via Website

Hello everyone,
I just installed Android Studio for the first time. It seems to want to use JDK 1.8. The latest version of Java is 7.
QUESTION: Why does Android Studio use such an old version of Java?
Thanks in advance.

E L

Forum posts: 1

Apr 15, 2015, 12:57:30 AM via Website

Apr 15, 2015 12:57:30 AM via Website

java version 1.8 = "Java 8"
java version 1.7 = "Java 7"

to find out what you have, see: java.com/en/download/help/version_manual.xml

John Donavan