Hi! Is it possible to use Java 11 with Android Dev...
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fcosta
01/22/2020, 10:51 AMHi! Is it possible to use Java 11 with Android Development or Do I need to stick with the Java 8 yet?
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Sagar Suri
01/22/2020, 11:38 AMKotlin?
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theyann
01/22/2020, 11:40 AMI don't think Android will move much further than Java 8 at this point, but I could be wrong. Kotlin is most likely the way to go if you want the features...
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fcosta
01/22/2020, 12:59 PMYeah, I know that...
However I need to install JDK 8 in development environment and JDK 8 uses so much memory than the newer versions: https://royvanrijn.com/blog/2018/05/openj9-jvm-shootout/
fcosta
01/22/2020, 1:01 PMI already have been doing kotlin for 4 year and I don't have plants to go back to Java. 😄
I just would like improve my development environment.
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Sagar Suri
01/22/2020, 2:14 PMAndroid has ART instead of JVM. I guess its optimised enough. @fcosta
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fcosta
01/22/2020, 2:19 PMYeah, since Android 5 and in the OS. I'm trying to find a way to use a newer JVM in my development environment such as MacOS.
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Sagar Suri
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gian
01/23/2020, 11:12 AMDoesn’t Android Studio come with a bundled jdk?
What’s the issue with using java 11 on mac?
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