LiveCode - Andoid SDK - Java compatibility chart?

[Douglas Ruisaard]

While I agree that the Java "install" is not necessarily a true bug in LC, is there a reason why LC could not "host" the "current" working set of install files? ...  and (can you imagine???) even semi-automate the installation process when the user chooses to employ EITHER iOS or Android?

I recently went through a similar experience when installing LC v9 on an new desktop.  It took the best part of 1 hour (or maybe it was more... it was so much fun!) and THAT knowing the specific files I was looking for and needing to install.

It definitely tops my list of "most annoying pop-up's" to go through the Java/Android hope-I-can-find-the right-file search process, fetch the files, run the installs and have LC announce ... "WRONG SDK, SUCKER!".  Good thing my monitors are anchored to my desk!

Douglas Ruisaard
Trilogy Software
(250) 573-3935

> Hi Folks
> 
> Just to clarify as I have looked into this.
> 
> Android SDK itself requires you to install Java 8 max. So while we have a bug about this in our db
> it?s not really fixable by us. We do have some ideas about presenting dialogs if you have the wrong
> one installed though. Note this mainly impacts Windows because Java 9 & 10 use different registry
> entries to find the java home folder and dx.bat uses a javac option that is no longer supported. Still
> I would not recommend installing higher than 8 on macOS or Linux.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Monte
> 
> > On 15 Jun 2018, at 11:26 pm, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > So this is a bug in LC, not a compatibility issue. There is a bug
> > report
> > here:
> >
> > https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20719
> > <https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=20719>
> 
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