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Using Java 8 in android studio

I am using android studio and I want to use a lambda expression that is only available from java 8, and when I try to use it, I get:

Lambda expression are not supported at this language level.

So how can I change this on AndroidStudio?

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So how can I change this on AndroidStudio?

You can not. Android supports up to java 7. If you want to use AS only for Lambda, you can use gradle-retrolamba or retrolambda , which is back-port retrolambda on java 6/7

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Android supports Java 6 before KitKat (4.4) with a little syntactic sugar (like a diamond operator) and Java 7 from there (Lollipop and Marshmallow atm). Lambdas and other Java 8 materials are only available as plugins (e.g. gradle-retrolambda or the original retrolambda ). They will probably be included in the API at some point in time (for example, Java 7 and KitKat), but this is unlikely to happen very soon.

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