What is the difference between sourceCompatibility 8 and 11? What happens when they are set to different values?

Question

When I target Android API level 21 what I set as sourceCompatibility 11 or 8 and what's the differences in my build gradle I always set it like that

 compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}

but on android studio Electric Eel it says: Starting with Android Gradle plugin 7.4.0-alpha04, AGP ships wth JVM 11 bytecode.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 01 '22 at 02:49

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When you set your compile options to

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_11
}

you will be able to compile with Java 11 language features

answered Sep 01 '22 at 02:49

InnisBrendan

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deos this effect on mobile devices or no? – devio Sep 03 '22 at 06:02
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No, it does not. It only changes what version of the Java language you can use to create your project. – InnisBrendan Sep 03 '22 at 22:50

What is the difference between sourceCompatibility 8 and 11? What happens when they are set to different values?

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