I want to add Java8 support to my project. The only suitable solution I found is retrolambda gradle plugin project. Here is my build.gradle files for a project and module relatively.
Note: Please don't suggest migrate to Android Studio 3, because I want to understand why it is not working.
project build.gradle
buildscript {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
dependencies {
classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.3'
classpath 'me.tatarka:gradle-retrolambda:3.7.0'
}
}
allprojects {
repositories {
jcenter()
}
}
task clean(type: Delete) {
delete rootProject.buildDir
}
module build.gradle
apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
apply plugin: 'me.tatarka.retrolambda'
android {
compileSdkVersion 26
buildToolsVersion "26.0.1"
defaultConfig {
applicationId "com.test.test"
minSdkVersion 15
targetSdkVersion 23
versionCode 1
versionName "1.0"
testInstrumentationRunner "android.support.test.runner.AndroidJUnitRunner"
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
}
}
compileOptions {
sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}
}
retrolambda {
javaVersion JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
defaultMethods true
}
dependencies {
compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
androidTestCompile('com.android.support.test.espresso:espresso-core:2.2.2', {
exclude group: 'com.android.support', module: 'support-annotations'
})
compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:26+'
compile 'com.android.support.constraint:constraint-layout:1.0.2'
testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
}
The app itself is pretty simple. It has only one default activity, with Java8 code, like this:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
List<String> strings = new ArrayList<>();
strings.add("Hello");
strings.add("World");
strings.stream().forEach(System.out::println);
}
}
When start the app I get following an error:
FATAL EXCEPTION: main Process: com.slesh.mtbbank, PID: 25338 java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No interface method stream()Ljava/util/stream/Stream; in class Ljava/util/List; or its super classes (declaration of 'java.util.List' appears in /system/framework/core-libart.jar) at com.slesh.mtbbank.MainActivity.onCreate(MainActivity.java:19) at android.app.Activity.performCreate(Activity.java:6303) at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1108) at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2402) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2509) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1000(ActivityThread.java:153) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1373) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5529) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:739) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:629)
What is missed? Any ideas why it doesn't work?
Thanks in advance!