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Current requirements are:
- Java 1.8 (Level 8.0)
- Android SDK API level 24 (Version 7.0 Nougat, released August 2016)
Official production builds are performed w/ Java 1.8.
- Java 1.8 (Level 8.0)
- Android SDK API level 24 (Version 7.0 Nougat, released August 2016)
Android 7 API level 24 supports Java 1.8,
see https://developer.android.com/studio/write/java8-support
Java 8 is chosen today, June 2019, since OpenJDK 1.8 is well supported
on desktop, mobile support is given w/ OpenJDK 9 and
Android also support these language features for almost 3 years.
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Current patch does require one to set the target.sourcelevel,
target.targetlevel and target.rt.jar properties or their equivalent
capital case environment variables.
Only allowed value is currently 1.8.
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