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by AlexeyBrin 3317 days ago
Java on Android is not the same as the latest stable Java from Oracle. Example, there is no complete Java 8 support on Android, only a few things were ported and these are only available on latest versions of Android. The problem is that on Android land people don't/can't upgrade as easily as on iOS, so as a developer you are stuck on Java 6/7.