IDEA: javac: source release 1.7 requires target release 1.7

Question

When running a JUnit test, using IntelliJ IDEA, I get

How can I correc

Answer 1

If it is a Gradle project, in your build.gradle file, search for following settings:

sourceCompatibility = "xx"
targetCompatibility = "xx"

For all subrpojects, in your root build.gradle file, you may put:

subprojects { project ->
    sourceCompatibility = "1.7"
    targetCompatibility = "1.7"
}

Although you can manually set language levels in Idea > Settings, if it is a Gradle project, Idea automatically synchronizes module .iml files from Gradle settings ( tested with Idea 15+). So all your manual changes are overriden when gradle is refreshed.

Based on Gradle documentation, if these are not set, then current JVM configuration is used.