Android N requires the IDE to be running with Java 1.8 or later?

Question

My XML layout is not rendering with this error message. I am already using Java 8.

Also using latest build tools in Gradle.

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Answer 1

I faced the problem "Android N requires the IDE to be running with Java 1.8 or later." The error kept showing up in spite of setting C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_92 as the project's JDK in File > Project Structure.

I solved it by updating JAVA_HOME in my environment variables from C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_67 to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_92. When I did that and restarted Android Studio, the design mode became available.

OS: Windows 10

Android Studio: 2.1.2