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		donniezazen on May 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An Opinionated Guide to Modern Java Development, P... Not to mention debacle it creates on your system. Android requires/plays-well with JDK 6 and you probably want to be running the latest version of Java for security purposes. Maintaining multiple JDKs have been nothing but troubling for me.

izacus on May 2, 2014 [–]

Uhm... Android tools work just fine with the newsest stable JDK 7.

donniezazen on May 2, 2014 | [–]

I hear not all libraries are supported. developer.android.com and almost all tutorials/courses recommend using JDK 6.

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