It's worth noting that Android 4.4 does support pretty much all JDK7 features (multicatch / try with resources / etc), finally. I've run into the occasional missing method from some of the newer class libraries, but nothing too serious.
Of course, if this is any indication it'll be several years before its safe to use even JDK7 features considering Android's update trends, let alone JDK8 ...
Of course, if this is any indication it'll be several years before its safe to use even JDK7 features considering Android's update trends, let alone JDK8 ...