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by yankput 1001 days ago
Android doesn’t follow the Oracle Java though, right. So all these new features are just not there, right
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bad_user 1001 days ago
The compile-time features end up being supported. The runtime features (e.g., invokeDynamic) less so.

OTOH, Android would benefit from virtual threads, too, which is one of the reasons they've jumped feet-first on the Kotlin train (and Kotlin's coroutines are pretty well designed).

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charcircuit 1001 days ago
It uses their compiler javac. Then the class files get compiled into dex files for androids runtime.
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jlnho 1001 days ago
Not yet, I believe they currently support everything (or nearly everything) up to Java 11.
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