Android Studio JDK location changes back to 1.7 every time it is updated to 1.8 path

Question

I recently installed jdk 1.8 u92 after Android Studio said it is needed for api24 builds. However, I\'ve run into this issue now.

I looked at some other solutions an

Answer 1

What you want to do after deleting the xml file is NOT to close android studio before doing this. Because when android boots back up again it will check its referral settings and say "oh this user may have deleted the table of the jdk, but he still had 1.7 selected by default."

No, when you delete the table file keep studio open. Then select 1.8 so that way it will save the reference settings back to the table. You might not have to restart either since the table xml file is not a currently running file since its in the own users profile folder and not in program files.