September 21, 2020 3:19 AM EDT
Android Gradle plugin 3.0.0 and later support all Java 7 language features and a subset of Java 8 language features
that change by platform version. When building your app using Android Gradle plugin 4.0.0
and better ,
you'll use
variety of Java 8 language APIs without requiring a minimum API level for your
best mobile app design.