Android Studio: Buildtools 24.0.1 requires Java 1.8 or above.

Question

I\'m trying to setup an Android dev environment on Mac.

My starting point is Java 1.7 I believe. So I installed android studio and opened the project I\'d like to b

Answer 1

On a Mac just double-click on the app and a new modal windows will show. Then select 'Open Module Setting' and go to 'SDK Location'.

Answer 2

Make sure your JDK Version through Project Structure

You can add this in your gradle section

    compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  }

Answer 3

Click project structure -> app -> in properties change the (compile Sdk Version ) to google API's 23 . and in build tools Version = 22.0.1