How do I change the default Java in Android Studio?

Even though Java 15 is the latest released version, it is a non-LTS version , so Android maintains the latest LTS release, Java 11, as the required minimum.

Android Gradle plugin requires Java 11 to run . You are currently using Java 1.8. You can try some of the following options: – changing the IDE settings.

Navigate to File > Project Structure > SDK Location . Upon navigating there you will find that a tab named “JDK Location”, select that and then you can set the JDK path for the current project on which you’re working.16 Haz 2021

Set the JDK version

A copy of the latest OpenJDK comes bundled with Android Studio 2.2 and higher , and this is the JDK version we recommend you use for your Android projects. So if you are using the newest version, you won’t need any additional JDK.

For Android, performance has been improved for incremental changes in projects, especially those using the Jetifer tool to migrate libraries. Gradle now supports running on and building with Java 16, or Java Development Kit (JDK) 16, which was released on March 16.