Isn't that because they need to use the Dalvik Java classes and JDK 8 is not supported with Dalvik?
On 21 February 2014 05:22, Stephen F Northover <steve.x.northo...@oracle.com > wrote: > > On 2014-02-19 12:46 PM, Johan Vos wrote: > >> Is there a policy on the location where properties are defined? >> I see there are properties on a number of places: >> build.properties (e.g. jfx.build.jdk.version=1.8.0) >> build.gradle (e.g. ext.JAVA_HOME = JDK_HOME) >> buildSrc/(e.g. linux).gradle (e.g. LINUX.compileSwing = true;) >> command line properties (e.g. -Djfx.build.jdk.defenders=true) >> >> The reason I'm asking: >> for Android/Dalvik, we don't require jfxBuildJdkVersion to be 1.8.0. There >> are a number of ways to fix this. The current test is >> if (jdkVersion != jfxBuildJdkVersion) { >> fail("java version mismatch: ${jdkVersion} must be >> ${jfxBuildJdkVersion}") >> } >> >> We build the Android/Dalvik runtime with Java 7, hence this check fails. >> We can either change jfx.build.jdk.version in build.properties (but not >> conditionally), or we can skip the test if >> System.getProperty("jfx.build.jdk.defenders) is true, or we can check if >> the OS is Dalvik, or... or... >> > > Is there a reason why you cannot build with 8? You will need to accept 8 > syntax (like lambdas). > > >> I don't want to pollute the build files with too many tests, so I prefer >> to >> stick to the policy, if there is one. >> >> Thanks, >> >> - Johan >> > >