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Commit 89b9ee05 authored by Adarsh Fernando's avatar Adarsh Fernando Committed by android-build-merger
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Docs: Added that Method References work with earlier API levels 

am: 11e3f914

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  Docs: Added that Method References work with earlier API levels

Change-Id: I840f8adcc001d1658df3deb517da1b9c519ce9e1
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docs/html/preview/j8-jack.jd

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  <li>

    <a class="external-link" href=

    "https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/lambdaexpressions.html">

    Lambda expressions</a>

    Lambda expressions</a> (also available on API level 23 and lower)

  </li>



  <li>
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  <li>

    <a class="external-link" href=

    "https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/methodreferences.html">

    Method References</a>

    Method References</a> (also available on API level 23 and lower)

  </li>

</ul>



<p class="note">

  <strong>Note:</strong> To test lambda expressions and method references on

  earlier versions of Android, go to your {@code build.gradle}

  file, and set {@code compileSdkVersion} and {@code targetSdkVersion} to 23 or

  lower. You will still need to <a href="#configuration">enable the Jack

  toolchain</a> to use these Java 8 features.

</p>



<p>

  Additionally, the following Java 8 language feature APIs are now available:
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  </li>

</ul>



<p class="note">

  <strong>Note:</strong> The Android N bases its implementation of

  lambda expressions on anonymous classes. This approach allows them to be

  backwards compatible and executable on earlier versions of Android. To test

  lambda expressions on earlier versions, remember to go to your {@code

  build.gradle} file, and set {@code compileSdkVersion} and {@code

  targetSdkVersion} to 23 or lower.

</p>



<h2 id="configuration">

  Enabling Java 8 Features and the Jack Toolchain

</h2>
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<p>

  To enable the Java 8 language features and Jack for your project, enter the

  following in your module-specific {@code build.gradle} file:

  following in your module-level {@code build.gradle} file:

</p>



<pre>
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}

</pre>



<h3>

<h3 id="known-issues">

  Known Issues

</h3>
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</ul>



<p>If you find other problems while using Jack, <a href=

"http://tools.android.com/filing-bugs">please report bugs</a>.</p>
 
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"http://tools.android.com/filing-bugs">please file a bug</a>.</p>
 
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