Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 when rendering in Android Studio

Question

When I try to render a layout preview in Android Studio I get error:

Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

You shouls state the Operating System and Java version. Update to a newer version of Java. If on Debian, be sure to use Debian Stretch (8.9, Java 8) instead of Debian Jessie (8.1, Java 7). — jww, Apr 10 '19 at 17:37

score 100 · Answer 1 · edited Jul 27 '16 at 23:35

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Check your JAVA_HOME to use jdk 1.8

Also check : the parameter in Android Studio in order to change at

File->Other Settings->Default Project Structure->SDKs

edited Jul 27 '16 at 23:35

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Hi, I have the jdk1.8 installed and "linked" in Project Structure and the problem still happens – Kotik_o Apr 12 '16 at 12:21
Your answer is nice, but maybe add that when you open Project Structure, you see an overview of the current problems such as the JDK version. – jobbert Jun 06 '16 at 14:14
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Thanks; just installing JDK 8 and setting it in Default Project Structure worked for me. – pipedreambomb Jul 23 '16 at 13:19
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On OSX, I set JAVA_HOME to /Applications/Android Studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home, solved the problem. – Zhang Buzz May 25 '17 at 06:36
I've found that setting `JAVA_HOME` is not necessary, but using `File->Project Structure` is. Also you can set the value to 'Use embedded JDK'. – ThomasW Aug 10 '17 at 07:12
I solved the issue by two ways. 1) Either update sdk components and Java Sdk to latest version or 2) Change the gradle plugin to lower version so that both gradle plugin and build tool you are using become compatible. I got this error with gradle plugin 2.3.3 with build tool 23.0.1 and solved when I used gradle plugin 2.1.2 with same build tool version. – Karan Nagpal Sep 30 '17 at 11:48

Ivo Stoyanov · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-15T07:16:48.643

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This is bug in Android Studio. Usually you get error: Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

WORKAROUND: If you have installed Android N, change Android rendering version with older one and the problem will disappear.

SOLUTION: Install Android SDK Tools 25.1.3 (tools) or higher

edited Mar 15 '17 at 07:16

answered Mar 11 '16 at 10:33

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Hahaha how simple is that?? And here I thought I was in for hours worth of research to get this error fixed.. /emote wipes brow – Jacksonkr May 05 '16 at 14:46
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Where is this Preview window? My View\Tool Windows\Preview menu item is disabled. – Lorek May 20 '16 at 19:56
I'm using Eclipse 4.5.2 and Android SDK Tools is 24.4.1 and ADT is 23.0.7. I have same error. How should I solve it? – Dr.jacky Oct 01 '16 at 12:13
@Mr.Hyde Are you using JDK 1.8? – rm8x Oct 16 '16 at 18:24
can you be more specific? How can I change it? Which commands? – João Pimentel Ferreira Jun 20 '17 at 20:43
João Pimentel Ferreira, take a look at the picture. It shows how to change it. – Ivo Stoyanov Jun 25 '17 at 18:44

score 41 · Answer 3 · edited Aug 07 '16 at 12:21

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I've all done, setting JAVA_HOME, JAVA8_HOME, ... and i had always the error. For me the solution was to set the version 2.1.0 of gradle to work with Jdk 1.8.0_92 and android studio 2.11

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
    //classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.+'
}

edited Aug 07 '16 at 12:21

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answered May 25 '16 at 13:30

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I've googled for 2hours to solve this problem. You saved my life! – Soohwan Park Jun 15 '16 at 09:38
YES! This solved it for me as well, none of the other suggested answers worked. I had the problem on a project that was a few months old and when I tried to open it on a new computer with fresh Android Studio. – Mattias Petter Johansson Jul 18 '16 at 20:10
This worked for me thanks..!! But why it gave error to me. Following classpath i have set classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.3.0-alpha2' – Parin Parikh Dec 23 '16 at 05:49

score 36 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 29 '16 at 11:53

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For those of you, who are still facing this. I got this problem after I upgraded to Android Studio to 2.1.2. I was stuck at this problem for about an hour, I tried these solutions:

multidexEnabled true
increasing the memory for deamon thread
upgraded to Java 8

I double checked the gradle scripts and found this:

 compileSdkVersion 23
 buildToolsVersion "24.0.0"

changed to:

compileSdkVersion 23
buildToolsVersion "23.0.3"

I don't know how this caused the error, but this did the trick for me. Please let me know how this worked if you know the answer. Thanks

answered Jun 29 '16 at 11:53

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Thank you. This fixed the problem I had compiling my Android project. – stevehs17 Jul 13 '16 at 04:32
Java 8 upgrade was all I needed – rm8x Oct 16 '16 at 18:23

IntelliJ Amiya · Answer 5 · 2017-04-18T05:21:32.167

Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

When a higher JDK is used for compilation it creates class file with higher version and when a lower JDK is used to run the program it found that higher version of class file not supported at JVM level and results in java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError.

How to fix

Increase the JAVA version you are using to run your program

You can follow some tricks

Call stable version classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0' // 2.3.0

Configuring Gradle

To enable the Java 8 language features and Jack for your project, enter the following in your module-level build.gradle file:

android {
  ...
  defaultConfig {
    ...
    jackOptions {
      enabled true
    }
  }
  compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
  }
}

Courtesy goes to Java 8 Language Features

Just select "API 23: Android 6.0" from preview section .

I had to lower gradle and include the Java jack options. However I still don't comprehend why the error happens and how will it be solved in the future. I have everything updated to the latest versions :/ — htafoya, Dec 26 '16 at 23:49

score 25 · Answer 6 · answered Jun 07 '16 at 14:57

If you're seeing this error and you just upgraded to Android Studio 2.2+ you need to update your JDK in "Project Structure" options.

On OSX, this is found under File > Project Structure > SDK. Or from the welcome screen in Configure > Project Defaults > Project Structure.

Select the Use the embedded JDK (recommended) option instead of using your own JDK.

Google's docs aren't yet updated to reflect this change. See: http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/configuration/osx-jdk

score 7 · Answer 7 · edited Dec 02 '16 at 15:38

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Im my case I had to change the dependencies of the build.gradle file to:

dependencies { 
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.0'
}

(originally was 2.2.2) I guess this was generated by get several people working in the same project with different versions of gradle. So check your gradle version and edit this file properly.

Good vibes!

edited Dec 02 '16 at 15:38

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score 7 · Answer 8 · answered Jan 27 '17 at 19:22

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With the latest version, you are recommended to switch to the embedded JDK like in the image below, and this will solve your error

answered Jan 27 '17 at 19:22

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I didn't care for all the janking around with different SDK and JDK versions recommended here, but was about to do that and discovered the "Use embedded JDK" option, which worked. I was going to post that solution and saw yours. This should be the correct solution, IMHO. – David Gish Mar 10 '17 at 17:19
Same than @DavidGish this solution nailed it – Jeremy Piednoel Aug 19 '17 at 23:05

score 4 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 25 '17 at 09:04

I also got the same error message of 'Unsupported major.minor version 52.0' when running ./gradlew makeJar to create a jar library by Android Studio 2.2.3.

After moving down the version of gradle plugin in build.gradle from 2.2.2 to 2.1.3, the error message disappeared and all worked well. classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.3'

I don't know how the higer version of gradle plugin caused the error, but this did the trick for me. please let me know how this worked if you know the answer, thanks

thank you very much for pointing out 2.1.3. it solved my problem! — artman, Feb 20 '17 at 17:38

score 4 · Answer 10 · answered Feb 28 '17 at 13:19

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1、make sure Gradle Gradle JVM Version

2、make sure ProjectSettings SDKs Veriosn

answered Feb 28 '17 at 13:19

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score 3 · Answer 11 · answered Jul 29 '16 at 08:52

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For me, updating the Android Studio to the latest version solved the problem.

answered Jul 29 '16 at 08:52

score 3 · Answer 12 · edited Oct 04 '16 at 07:55

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I tried to find solution to this problem.I tried most of the solutions mentioned in this thread. However, I am not very sure why this was occurring. Probably a bug in Android Studio. Anyhow, this is what solved the problem:

In Application level build.gradle, removed:

  classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.0-beta1'

replaced with:

classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.0.0'

edited Oct 04 '16 at 07:55

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score 2 · Answer 13 · edited Feb 25 '19 at 19:50

This occur due to incompatible java version you are using in android studio and the java version that was used with your imported project. Go to File->Project structure->Change jdk 1.7 to jdk 1.8 .After that Go to File->click on Invalidate cache and Restart. Hope this helps..

And change the dependency classpath in gradle file

dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
}

score 1 · Answer 14 · answered Aug 03 '16 at 18:00

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Changing to Java SDK to Java 8 worked for me. Android Studio settings: File -> other settings ->Default project structure -> JDK location -> jdk1.8.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home

answered Aug 03 '16 at 18:00

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score 1 · Answer 15 · answered Oct 25 '16 at 10:23

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Make sure to do a clean build after changing a version of Java. As it turns out Android Studio does some work when you switch the JDK but doesn't clean the workspace and creates confusion ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

answered Oct 25 '16 at 10:23

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score 1 · Answer 16 · answered Oct 25 '16 at 17:58

This error "Unsupported major.minor version 52.0" refers to the java compiler, although the string "major.minor" looks very similar to the Android SDK version format.

On Windows platform, asides updating jdk to 1.8, make sure JAVA_HOME point to where your jdk 1.8 is installed (i.e. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_91).

score 1 · Answer 17 · answered Nov 06 '16 at 19:11

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I had to update Java version to JDK 8 at Jenkins->Manage Jenkins->Global Tool Configuration->JDK.

answered Nov 06 '16 at 19:11

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score 1 · Answer 18 · answered Apr 17 '17 at 11:10

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Changing to Java SDK to Java 8 and worked for me

Android Studio settings:

File > other settings > Default project structure > JDK location > jdk1.8.0_71.jdk/Contents/Home

answered Apr 17 '17 at 11:10

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I first did @intellij amiya's answer, and then had to do this to actual get it to work, thanks! – Peter P. Nov 16 '17 at 02:37

score 1 · Answer 19 · answered May 31 '17 at 04:20

Android Studio behaves weird in the case. Even though you set the JDK version in File -> Project Structure -> SDK Location, Android Studio only uses this for compiling the files. When it runs these files it, for some reason, looks at the PATH variable to find where java is installed.

If you have an older version of java installed on your system, then your PATH variable will be pointing to that older version of java.

So you have to set your PATH to point to the same version of java that have set in your Android studio project settings.

In your ~/.bashrc or corresponding profile file add this:

export PATH="/Applications/studio.app/Contents/jre/jdk/Contents/Home/bin:$PATH"

In my case my project was configured to use java 1.8, but my system wide installation of java was java 1.7. This was causing the issue.

score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Aug 19 '16 at 03:43

For my case, my original Android SDK Build-tools version is 24 and Andoid SDK Tools version is 25.1.7. I install Android SDK Build-tools version 23.0.3 by Andoird SDK manager.

Modify these 2 lines to:

buildToolsVersion "23.0.3" compileSdkVersion 24

Then it works!

score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Oct 17 '16 at 07:54

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Download latest JDK and install. Go toVS2015 Tools > Options > Xamarin and change the java to the latest JDK location

answered Oct 17 '16 at 07:54

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score 0 · Answer 22 · answered Nov 15 '16 at 13:34

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Also, if issue appears while executing ./gradlew command, setting java home in gradle.properties file, solves this issue:

org.gradle.java.home=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_45/

answered Nov 15 '16 at 13:34

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score 0 · Answer 23 · answered Dec 24 '16 at 17:28

For me the problem was that the version of gradle in build.gradle was not same as the actual gradle version I had installed.

dependencies { classpath('com.android.tools.build:grade:2.2.0') { force = true}

Check your installed gradle versions at /Contents/gradle/m2repository/com/android/tools/build/gradle/ and change the above build.gradle file with

classpath('com.android.tools.build:grade:1.5.1') or <>

score 0 · Answer 24 · edited Feb 20 '17 at 10:38

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I had got the same error and I had JDK 8 set as JAVA_HOME. It turned out that I had Android SDK Build-tools rev 25.0.2 installed. I removed this and installed 23.0.2 instead and it worked for me.

edited Feb 20 '17 at 10:38

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score -1 · Answer 25 · answered Jul 27 '16 at 10:42

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change to
buildToolsVersion "23.0.2" in app gradle file.

answered Jul 27 '16 at 10:42

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That's not reason . – IntelliJ Amiya Jul 29 '16 at 05:32

Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 when rendering in Android Studio

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Unsupported major.minor version 52.0

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