How to specify the JDK version in android studio?

Question

Android Studio is giving me a Gradle build error that looks like this:

Error:(3, 22) compileSdkVersion android-22 requires compiling with JDK 7

Answer 1

This is old question but still my answer may help someone

For checking Java version in android studio version , simply open Terminal of Android Studio and type

java -version 

This will display java version installed in android studio