Default or static interface method used without --min-sdk-version >= 24

Question

Why do we get this error in Android Studio 3.0 RC1?

 com.android.dx.cf.code.SimException: 
default or static interface method used without --min-sdk-version          


        

Answer 1

If this error occurs due to Guava, then the solution, as per the official documentation from Google is: https://github.com/google/guava

Change the dependency to (version is current as of this writing):

api 'com.google.guava:guava:27.0-android'

This fixed the issue for me.