CODEWITHSUNDEEP
javaandroidandroid-studio
Stanly T
Stanly T

Reputation: 1054

How to find out the embedded JDK version of Android Studio?

I'm trying to find out what JDK's version does my Android Studio use. I'm confused, because i have many versions in my /Program Files/Java catalog

enter image description here

Unfortunately the project structure doesn't have any JDK's version number. enter image description here

Upvotes: 28

Views: 30838

Answers (2)

Zoe - Save the data dump
Zoe - Save the data dump

Reputation: 28288

The embedded JDK is included in the Android Studio install. If you open the folder where you installed Android Studio, you'll see a jre folder in it:

Image showing the JRE folder in the Android Studio installation folder

Inside the folder there is a file called THIRD_PARTY_README in which the second sentence says:

%% This notice is provided with respect to ASM Bytecode Manipulation 
Framework v5.0.3, which may be included with JRE 8, and JDK 8, and 
OpenJDK 8.

I'm using Android Studio 3.0, in which the embedded JDK version is 8. To find the version in any later version though, go to [SDK_INSTALL_ROOT]/jre/ and find THIRD_PARTY_README

THIRD_PARTY_README is in my system defined as a file and not a txt file. You can open it in Notepad, Notepad++ or any other text editor. The content is plain text. You can also look for a file called release, which contains similar information about versions.

Upvotes: 36

JM Lord
JM Lord

Reputation: 1197

In the installation directory of Android Studio there is a "release" file where you will find the detailed java information.

Contents of C:\...\Android Studio\jre\release :

JAVA_VERSION="1.8.0_242"
OS_NAME="Windows"
OS_VERSION="5.2"
OS_ARCH="amd64"
SOURCE=""

Upvotes: 5

Related Questions