Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 [duplicate]

Answer 1

I could solve the same problem using the below solution.

In my project, I added a JAR file which were created in Java 8. And my project was referring to JRE 7. When I changed project JRE to 8, my problem was solved.

Steps:

In Eclipse, right click on the project name in project explorer → Build path → Libraries → click on JRE version → click Edit → Installed JRE → Add → Standerd VM → select JRE home click-path (path should be localePath\java\jdk1.8.0_25\jre) → provide name → Save → select same JRE for project → Finish → OK. Refresh/build project once → try to run your Java file. It should work.

Answer 2

You need to use JDK 1.7.0 rather than JDK 1.8.0.

To make sure it, you need to delete JDK 1.8.0 on your computer.

If you use Mac, you need to delete:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk.jdk

/Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

Then, you need to reinstall JDK 1.7.0, and you will succeed to generate the .jar file.

Answer 3

You may want to check your Run Configurations setting if you're using Eclipse v4.4 (Luna) and have already completed all steps mentioned above.

There could be several possibilities that cause this error. The root cause is a mismatch of the project require compilation in JDK1.8/JRE8 while the environment compiler is JDK1.7/JRE7.

You can check my blog post to go through all your settings are correct.

Answer 4

You need to upgrade your Java version to Java 8.

Download latest Java archive

Download latest Java SE Development Kit 8 release from its official download page or use following commands to download from the shell.

For 64 bit

 # cd /opt/

 # wget --no-cookies --no-check-certificate --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F; oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u51-b16/jdk-8u51-linux-x64.tar.gz"

 # tar xzf jdk-8u51-linux-x64.tar.gz

For 32 bit

 # cd /opt/

 # wget --no-cookies --no-check-certificate --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F; oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u51-b16/jdk-8u51-linux-i586.tar.gz"

  # tar xzf jdk-8u51-linux-i586.tar.gz

Note: If the above wget command doesn’t not work for you, watch this example video to download the Java source archive using the terminal.

Install Java with alternatives

After extracting the archive file, use the alternatives command to install it. The alternatives command is available in the chkconfig package.

 # cd /opt/jdk1.8.0_51/

 # alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/java 2

 # alternatives --config java

At this point Java 8 has been successfully installed on your system. We also recommend to setup javac and jar commands path using alternatives:

 # alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /opt/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/jar 2

 # alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/javac 2

 # alternatives --set jar /opt/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/jar

 # alternatives --set javac /opt/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/javac

Check installed Java version

Check the installed version of Java using the following command.

root@tecadmin ~# java -version

java version "1.8.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_51-b16)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.51-b03, mixed mode)

Configuring Environment Variables

Most of Java-based applications use environment variables to work. Set the Java environment variables using the following commands:

Setup JAVA_HOME Variable

# export JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk1.8.0_51
Setup JRE_HOME Variable

# export JRE_HOME=$JAVA_HOME/jre
Setup PATH Variable

# export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$JRE_HOME/bin:$PATH

Note that the change to the PATH variable put the new Java bin folders first so that they override any existing java/bins in the path. It is a bit sloppy to leave two java/bin folders in your path so you should be advised to clean those up as a separate task.

Also, put all above environment variables in the /etc/environment file for auto loading on system boot.

Answer 5

If you are using Linux and you have different versions of Java installed, use the following command:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

This will give a quick way of switching between the Java versions installed on the system. By choosing Java 8 I will solve your problem.

Answer 6

I ran into this issue in Eclipse on Mac OS X v10.9 (Mavericks). I tried many answers on Stack Overflow ... finally, after a full day I *installed a fresh version of the Android SDK (and updated Eclipse, menu Project → Properties → Android to use the new path)*.

I had to get SDK updates, but only pulling down those updates I thought were necessary, avoiding APIs I were not working with (like Wear and TV) .. and that did the trick. Apparently, it seems I had corrupted my SDK somewhere along the way.

BTW .. I did see the error re-surface with one project in my workspace, but it seemed related to an import of appcompat-7, which I was not using. After rm-ing that project, so far haven't seen the issue resurface.