Error Illegal use of non virtual function call about android-gradle-template HOT 4 CLOSED

your default version is java 6 or 8? then yes try to force java 7 for both builds. (plugin and your project)

See also #7

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Hello... I have successfully built and run your template with Java 1.7, however, I want to use it with Java 1.8. The reason is I want to write my main application in Java 1.8 ,but I would like to use your template as a starting point (because it has all the jacoco stuff set up for robolectric and espresso)

Is there any way to get it to work for 1.8? If not, is there a way I can compile my app with 1.8 but use 1.7 for the tasks that your template depends on?

Currently I get this error (described in this thread) if I try it with 1.8

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Maybe this will be just one error in a error chain .. i never read that java 8 is supported for android. There are some projects to support the lambda.

Let us do following experiment. Build a simple app (new project with android studio) based on Java 8 and use all java 8 features you like to have. Let it run on your test device.

If it work, great then we should try to make this template java 8 compatible.

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I'm thinking about to switch the base plugin which support robolectric by https://github.com/JCAndKSolutions/android-unit-test

Please try the given example for this plugin with Java 8. There can also jacoco be enabled I have already an working example.

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