Gradle - Could not target platform Java SE 8 using tool chain JDK 7 1 7

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I am trying to import Gradle project in Intellij Idea with local Gradle distrib and getting stacktrace with the following message  Could not target platform   Java SE 8  using tool chain   JDK 7  1 7    Could anyone explain please what could be the reason

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For IntelliJ 2019  JDK 13 and gRPC   Intellij IDEA -  Preferences -  Build  Execution  Deployment -  Build Tools -  Gradle -  Gradle JVM  and Select correct version   you might also have to adding below line in your build gradle dependencies  compileOnly group   javax annotation   name   javax annotation-api   version   1 3 2

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Although this question specifically asks about IntelliJ  this was the first result I received on Google  so I believe that many Eclipse users may have the same problem using Buildship  You can set your Gradle JVM in Eclipse by going to Gradle Tasks  in the default view  down at the bottom near the console   right-clicking on the specific task you are trying to run  clicking  quot Open Gradle Run Configuration    quot  and moving to the Java Home tab and picking the correct JVM for your project

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Finally I imported my Gradle project  These are the steps    I switched from local Gradle distrib to Intellij Idea Gradle Wrapper  gradle-2 14   I pointed system variable JAVA HOME to JDK 8  it was 7th previously  as I had figured out by experiments that Gradle Wrapper could process the project with JDK 8 only   I deleted previously manually created file gradle properties  with org gradle java homevariable  in windows user  gradle directory as  I guessed  it didn t bring any additional value to Gradle

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you have to change  the  - gt  sourceCompatibility    1 7    in  build Gradle

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This is what worked for me  Intellij Idea 2018 1 2    1  Navigate to  File -  Settings -  Build  Execution  Deployment -  Build Tools -  Gradle  2  Gradle JVM  change to version 1 8  3  Re-run the gradle task

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And so I see from other answers that there are several ways of dealing with it  But I don t believe this  It has to be reduced into one way  I love IDE but  but if I follow the IDE steps provided from different answers I know this is not the fundamental algebra  My error looked like    What went wrong  Execution failed for task   compileJava    gt  Could not target platform   Java SE 11  using tool chain   JDK 8  1 8     And the way to solve it scientifically is  vi build gradle  To change from  java       sourceCompatibility   JavaVersion toVersion  11       targetCompatibility   JavaVersion toVersion  11      to become  java       sourceCompatibility   JavaVersion toVersion  8       targetCompatibility   JavaVersion toVersion  8      The scientific method is that method that is open for argumentation and deals on common denominators

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I had a very related issue but for higher Java versions       gradlew clean assemble       lt other normal Gradle output gt   Could not target platform   Java SE 11  using tool chain   JDK 8  1 8      I noticed that the task succeeded when running using InteliJ  Adding a file  same level as build gradle  called  java-version solved my issue       java-version  11 0 3

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For IntelliJ 2019   Intellij IDEA -  Preferences -  Build  Execution  Deployment -  Build Tools -  Gradle -  Gradle JVM  Select correct version

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The following worked for me    Go to the top right corner of IntelliJ -  click the icon In the Project Structure window -  Select project -  In the Project SDK  choose the correct version -  Click Apply -  Click Okay

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Java 9 JDK 9 0 4  Go to the top left corner of Android Studio  4 1 1 - gt  click on File Click on Setting Click on Build  Execution  Deployment Click on  Compiler Click on Kotlin  Compiler Target JVM version  File   Settings   Build  Execution  Deployment   Compiler   Kotlin Compiler

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Since I had to compile some source with 7 compatibility  because of some legacy system and ran into the same problem  I found out that in the gradle configuration there where two options set to java 8  sourceCompatibility   1 8 targetCompatibility   1 8   switching these to 1 7 solved the problem for me  keeping JAVA HOME pointing to the installed JDK-7  sourceCompatibility   1 7 targetCompatibility   1 7

[java] Gradle - Could not target platform: 'Java SE 8' using tool chain: 'JDK 7 (1.7)'

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