http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/compatibility-417013.html#incompatibilities seems to confirm it.
Thinking about it, it's might be easier to patch the dx source code to accept the new version number? If that works, it should not be that difficult? Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2012 16:28:33 UTC+2 schrieb al: > > My first thought was: there are probably new bytecodes in java 7 class > files. In that case the transformation to dex files has to be changed and > it's not clear if that's possible in a backward compatible way, i.e. > without replacing the dalvik implementation on "all" devices, which is > obviously not feasible. > > A quick search lead me to > http://www.yworks.com/de/products_yguard_about.html (sorry, German), > where they say, only the version number in class files changed and a new > instruction (invokedynamic) has been added. However they also say, > invokedynamic is not used by current java implementations, only by dynamic > languages like JRuby. In that case, it seems possible to work around this > issue: just write a small tool to change the version number of the class > files to the previous number and add that tool as an additional build step. > > This way, you know when you get your solution instead of waiting for > Google. Google has no obligation to do what you want / when you want. They > can decide for themselves what they do and when. > > BTW: This might be an interesting hack for somebody with some spare time > > > Am Montag, 4. Juni 2012 15:59:07 UTC+2 schrieb sblantipodi: >> >> I just tried, nothing has been fixed in months. >> >> Il giorno venerdì 1 giugno 2012 12:10:02 UTC+2, sblantipodi ha scritto: >>> >>> As title, >>> some months ago I had some problem signing my android apps using java >>> 1.7 that forced me to >>> switch back to jdk 1.6. >>> >>> Is this problem fixed? >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
