The possibility of running Scala >=2.12 (or any other language that is committed to Java 8[1]) on Android seems even more remote now. Jack+Jill at least promised a way of running Java 8 bytecode on Android[2]. What now? Is Java source code going to be the only common currency between the Java 8 and Android ecosystems?
[1] https://www.scala-lang.org/download/#Software_Requirements
[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35958814/how-jack-java-an...