Android Studio needs JDK 7 for Android-L mac

Question

I was trying to look how my app looks in material design and I would like to use the new cards lib. My Problem is, that it\'s giving me this error within my gradle file and

Answer 1

The other answers are very correct but I want to be more concise and clear. To prevent others from visiting this page multiple times unnecessarily.

Important* Old Path is /System/Library/Java... and New Path is /Library/Java... (Not under the System directory)

Replace old path: /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.6.0_0.jdk/Contents/Home

Set your new path: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home