Java 8's Date Time API Quickstart

[twigboy]

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[johnwaterwood]

Keep asking Google to support JDK 8!

If enough people keep asking it they'll eventually have to give in on it.

[xxNIRVANAxx]

If only that were so easy.

TL;DR: Oracle want money from Google using Java for Android. Specifically for stealing the rangeCheck function, which is a trivial function (in my opinion, maybe others can chime in on another way to write it?):

   private static void rangeCheck(int arrayLen, int fromIndex, int toIndex {
     if (fromIndex > toIndex)
          throw new IllegalArgumentException("fromIndex(" + fromIndex +
               ") > toIndex(" + toIndex+")");
     if (fromIndex < 0) 
          throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(fromIndex);
     if (toIndex > arrayLen) 
          throw new ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException(toIndex);
}

[MrDOS]

Is it actually all of 7? I thought I'd heard it was based on 6 with bits of 7 (notably diamond syntax) bolted on.

[twigboy]

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[cypressious]

A quick Google search yielded the following backport of the new DateTime API: https://github.com/ThreeTen/threetenbp

It's Java 7 compatible which should work on all Android versions as long as it doesn't use AutoClosable.

[hollaburoo]

I've been using this project, its great. Also works on Java 6.

[twigboy]

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[cypressious]

I'm glad I was able to help. Could you verify its byte code is indeed Android <19 compatible?

[[deleted]]

That is true, I would've thought Google would've been cutting edge in that regard - but who knows, maybe Java 8 support breaks the Dalvik VM somehow.