| They definitely can not use them, when they they make use of JVM features or JDK libraries delivered post Java 8. Stating otherwise just proves that you don't know Java. Android Studio and the complete Android toolchain runs on top of a JVM implementation, as the JVM moves forward, JetBrains will be forced to update InteliJ to take advantage of newer JVM versions, which will force Google to update all their Android development environment. Just for kicks they are already being forced to do this, https://github.com/robolectric/robolectric/issues/5258#issue... https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/139013660 Again, another proof of total lack of knowledge regarding Android Toxic bille at Java?!? Quite the contrary, I love Java since 1996 that is my third pillar alongside .NET and C++, what I completely hate is that Google played a Microsoft move with their flavor of Android Java (aka Google's J++), helped Sun going bankrupt withering them the revenue stream from Java deployments on Android, didn't bother to rescue Sun hoping that it would close doors without a hiss, now with its Android Java forces Java developers to create special versions of their libraries tailored to Android, and has a bunch of Silicon Valley fanboys supporting their damaging actions to the Java eco-system. What were again your apps on Play Store? |