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Re:Retropiler: Java 8 Standard Library Backport for Android by pjmlp on Sunday May 07, 2017 @01:49PM (#14286545)
Kind of.

They are supporting Java 8 language features depending on the Android platform version.

Some Java 8 library APIs have been adopted, but require the latest Android versions.

Finally, the JVM bytecodes like invoke dynamic and method handles aren't supported thus making libraries that use them, unusable on Android devices.

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Re:Retropiler: Java 8 Standard Library Backport for Android by MrZipf on Sunday May 07, 2017 @02:10PM (#14286654)
Coming in O by the looks of it: https://source.android.com/devices/tech/dalvik/dalvik-byteco...
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Re:Retropiler: Java 8 Standard Library Backport for Android by pjmlp on Sunday May 07, 2017 @03:34PM (#14287149)
Yeah, given that Android N after one year is at 6%, ....
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Re:Retropiler: Java 8 Standard Library Backport for Android by MrZipf on Monday May 08, 2017 @01:41AM (#14289488)
That is the nature of the beast except for retropiling. Method handles may be a hard set of features to implement on that path.
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