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by timothyb89 4462 days ago
It's worth noting that Android 4.4 does support pretty much all JDK7 features (multicatch / try with resources / etc), finally. I've run into the occasional missing method from some of the newer class libraries, but nothing too serious.

Of course, if this is any indication it'll be several years before its safe to use even JDK7 features considering Android's update trends, let alone JDK8 ...
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pjmlp 4462 days ago
This has made me use C++ for my hobby graphics programming on Android instead.

The NDK has all the support I need, when coupled with something like Qt/SDL/openFramerworks and C++11 feels better than Google's Java fork.

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vans 4462 days ago
you should consider using Scala on android. works really well for my projects.
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smrtinsert 4461 days ago
Which scala android project are you using?
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