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Question

After installing ADT Plugin for Eclipse, I tried to make a new Hello world Android app.

But I met with the following error when I tried to open a new Android Applica

Answer 1

Have had same problem when upgrading to SDK 5.0. As seen in different answers, the solution for me was:

1. Download a new JDK (1.8)

2. Update my Eclipse config file with the location of the new JDK:

   org.eclipse.platform --launcher.XXMaxPermSize 256m --launcher.defaultAction openFile
   -vm C:/jdk1.8.0_25/bin/javaw.exe -vmargs -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6 -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
   

Didn't need to modify JDK compliance.