Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 in my app

Question

I\'m trying to compile my Android project and I\'m getting this error

[INFO] Exception in thread \"main\" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/android         


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem with my IntelliJ Maven build. My "solution" was to go into the build tools and remove the build tools 24.0.0 folder. I found it in the {android-sdk-location}/build-tools/ directory. This is not a long term fix, but this should at least get your project building again. Upgrading to Java 8 as many have suggested will be better long term.