Android Device Monitor will not launch, either from Android Studio or from Terminal — UnsupportedClassVersionError

Question

I am getting the following error when trying to launch Android Device Monitor from the Tools window in Android Studio on a Mac.

and when I open the log file

Answer 1

Confusingly I didn't have Java 8 installed in a shared location (only the bundled version in Android Studio). Installing it through homebrew solved my problem.

brew cask install java

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_131"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_131-b11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.131-b11, mixed mode)