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		donniezazen on March 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JDK 8 Release Notes Why do they still use JDK 6 and not the current default version?

asmosoinio on March 19, 2014 [–]

Because Dalvik does not support Java 8 features, and those would need to be implemented first. Java 8 was only just now released in final form.

Dalvik does have support for all Java 7 features: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-gui...

Dalvik will most likely be replaced with ART (Android Runtime) at some point: http://source.android.com/devices/tech/dalvik/art.html

ART has been in the works for at least two years now.

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