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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon andybalaam

Recommend java 8 on PC

Open andybalaam opened this issue 8 years ago • 6 comments

Our install pages e.g. http://artificialworlds.net/rabbit-escape/download-linux.html recommend installing java 7 but translucent polygon rendering performance (used for water) is much better on version 8.

So we should recommend 8.

andybalaam avatar Apr 06 '16 22:04 andybalaam

in latest kubuntu with standard repos the options are openjdk 8 or 9.

colonelfazackerley avatar Apr 22 '16 07:04 colonelfazackerley

After I first upgraded to 16.04, I found compiling from command line or eclipse would not work.

I fixed those, but now I find I cannot push an apk from studio to android. At the moment I suspect i need java 7 back.

colonelfazackerley avatar Apr 25 '16 07:04 colonelfazackerley

I have switched to oracle java 7. Now I can push to android devices again. i used oracle java7 instead of openjdk simply becuase i figured out how to install it first, now that openjdk 7 is not in the main repos for ubuntu 16.04.

i will probably keep openjdk 8 as well and switch back if i am doing a lot of transparent polygon rendering in swing.

colonelfazackerley avatar Apr 25 '16 11:04 colonelfazackerley

Any idea whose fault this is? Should we log a bug with Android sdk or Studio?

andybalaam avatar Apr 27 '16 10:04 andybalaam

I would if I understood more. I got the hint from the suggested answers and comments here

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24662801/bad-class-file-magic-or-version

colonelfazackerley avatar Apr 27 '16 11:04 colonelfazackerley

i upgraded to studio 2.1.0. I re-checked if openjdk8 works. It does not. I am still using oracle 7.

the emulator also got bumped. the buttons on the floating panel to turn the device etc now work.

colonelfazackerley avatar Apr 27 '16 18:04 colonelfazackerley