Unable to build android app

[dsound-zz]

We're trying to implement Zoho SalesIQ chat widget in our app. We have it working on web and ios but not Android. We've followed the docs:

https://www.zoho.com/salesiq/help/developer-guides/android-mobile-sdk-installation-2.0.html

The error on android build is:

error: lambda expressions are not supported in -source 7

Here's a screen shot:

"react-native": "0.67.5", "react-native-zohosalesiq-mobilisten": "^4.2.17", running openjdk 11.0.17 locally

At first we thought it was an issue with linking but react-native says that manual linking is not required after version 5.9.

Is it a Java issue?

[globerSaru37]

@dsound-zz In case it helps, we just tried building Android with version 4.2.14 and it works smoothly.

Maybe something went wrong with the latest releases? this error starts showing up on 4.2.15

[bhahirathan-mb-11956]

Hi @dsound-zz and @globerSaru37 ,

Thanks for writing to us.

lambda expressions are not supported in -source 7

(use -source 8 or higher to enable lambda expressions)

The above error states that your react-native android project is using JDK 7. So, please upgrade the JDK to version 8 or above to resolve this issue.

Regards, Bhahirathan M, Zoho SalesIQ.

[gabrielkabral]

@DavidBhahirathan Actually the project has the JDK 8. I tried with the new release 5.0.0 and got the same error.

The only way that I'm able to run Android here, after 4.2.14, is adding these lines in node_modules/react-native-zohosalesiq-mobilisten/android/build.gradle

compileOptions {
   sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
   targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
}

My app/build.gradle already has this config.

Is it possible to add these lines in the next release?