I am trying to use java.time.LocalDate in my android app, however if I try to import it, then any class from java.time gives a cannot resolve symbol error in Android studio
Yes, Android does not support Java-8. And about the new date/time-API contained in Java-8, you can look at this issue:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=62192
Currently there are no plans to introduce JSR-310 (java.time-package) in Google Android.