Parsing data for Android L failed.Unsupported major.minor version 51.0

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

I was using Eclipse Indigo 64 bit with JDK 1.7. As soon as I updated to Eclipse Luna 64 bit everything worked fine. Furthermore, Eclipse Indigo 64 wouldn't even acknowledge JDK 1.8+

Answer 2

Just delete Android L platforms. Redirect to your android sdk directory.

adt-bundle-mac-x86_64-20140321/sdk/platforms/android-L

delete directory android-L and restart your eclipse.

Answer 3

Check your JDK version. It must be JDK1.7. JDK 1.6 does not work.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

You can "solve" it by uninstalling the Android L SDK using the Android SDK Manager.

Not satisfactory.

Edit

I think this answer is effectively suggesting the same thing but without the uninstalling (instead just selecting the version of the API that actually works).

Answer 6

I was facing the same problem on my Mac OSX and for me the problem was resolved by downloading and installing JDK 1.8 from Java SE Development Kit 8 Downloads. You just need to install(or update to) JDK 1.8 and restart the eclipse. That's it! Should work afterwards.