Comment by cpprototypes

I like the changes in Java 8, but I'm concerned about Java fragmentation between Oracle/OpenJDK and Android. It seems Android is stuck on Java 1.6 (since Dalvik is not "true Java" and is more like a VM that happens to implement a language very similar to Java 1.6). There's now a huge gap between 1.6 and 1.8. It's not just syntax like lambda and default methods. It's also the supporting API changes in collections (streams) and others. Dalvik was based on Apache Harmony which is a dead project and will never get the Java 8 API changes implemented. Does anyone know if Google is going to do something about Java 8 and Android?