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

From the docs: https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/studio-config.html#file_location

STUDIO_JDK: set the JDK with which to run Studio

I prefer using the STUDIO_JDK variable and leave other default java home variables alone.