title: Android and Lambda
body: <p>I need to integrate some code with extensive usage of Java lambda functions.
  Several restrictions I have demand that I develop my project using Eclipse Mars, with the latest ADT plugin, and not Android Studio.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that using Lambda functions demands using 1.8 JDK compliance, but if set so, I get this message:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Android requires compiler compliance level 5.0 or 6.0. Found '1.8' instead.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How can the two live together in harmony?</p>
  
  <p>Edit:
  This is not a a duplicate of the questions suggested, as I'm asking about ADT Eclipse, and since the last update in that question, Android does support Java 8, so no only is this not a duplicate, but that question is now (after 1.5 yrs after the last update) obsolete.</p>