How can I set my compileSDKversion to support Java 1.6

Question

I get the error:

Error:(3, 22) compileSdkVersion android-22 requires compiling with JDK 7

I am using a Mac running OSX 10.6 so JDK 7 isn't supported. Is there a way I can change the compileversion to one that can use JDK 6 ? Any help would be great.

Answer 1

If you set your target android sdk version to 21 or above it will require Java 7.

If you cannot use JDK 7 you can set your target sdk version to 20 or below. However, I would caution against this, if you are going to be building apps that will be in distributed on the play store it is a good idea to be using Java 7 and targeting version 21.

You can see more information about upgrading to using JDK 7 here