How do I add Java 1.8 to IntelliJ (OSX)

Question

I am trying to create a new JavaFX project. I have 1.8 installed which I believe includes the javafx packages. Running javac -version in the terminal shows javac 1.8.0_121 . I installed from here

When I go to File -> Project Structure -> Project the selected version is 1.6 . There is no 1.8 version in the list. If I select add new, and navigate to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions I see:

1.4
1.4.2
1.5
1.5.0
1.6
1.6.0

There is no 1.8 version.

How can I update IntelliJ to user version 1.8 ?

Answer 1

The location for the SDK can be found by running: echo $(/usr/libexec/java_home)

Which reveals:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Home

Answer 2

If you have installed Java with brew. /Users/{username}/.sdkman/candidates/java/current

To show.sdkman in finder

Press Cmd+Shift+. to show hidden files in the file chooser dialog.https://guides.codepath.com/android/setting-up-intellij-idea

Answer 3

Quite late to this party, today I had the same problem. The right answer I think is use jenv

brew install jenv openjdk@8
jenv add /usr/local/opt/openjdk@8

And then add into Intellij IDEA as new SDK the following path:

~/.jenv/versions/1.8/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home/