Java 8. Arguing whether Java 8 will be completely supported or not ignores the nature of the Android API. Android doesn't even support 100% of Java 6 because i

Java 8. Arguing whether Java 8 will be completely supported or not ignores the nature of the Android API. Android doesn't even support 100% of Java 6 because it is not a desktop JDK and does not intend to replicate everything. However, the Android team has actively been adding default support of Java 7 features piece by piece in recent months. They intend to handle Java 8 in the same manner. It's not clear which features will be supported in what version of Android, but lambdas are clearly a priority and can already be used today by early adopters using retrolambda. http://stackoverflow.com/a/22303654/1412973 http://stackoverflow.com/a/22303654/1412973