Actually, 7 and 8 added some major support for Java 8, which is quite useful, as it adds better support for NIO and lambdas. But most of that can be done with

Actually, 7 and 8 added some major support for Java 8, which is quite useful, as it adds better support for NIO and lambdas. But most of that can be done with polyfills and transpilers, which the android gradle plugin does automatically nowadays.