title: Cordova tools for VS 2017 - unsupported class file version 52
body: <p>The following build output is received while trying to build a cordova app in VS 2017:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : PARSE ERROR:</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : unsupported class file version 52.0</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : ...while parsing com/google/android/gms/StrictVersionMatcherPlugin.class</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : 1 error; aborting</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : Picked up _JAVA_OPTIONS: -Xmx512M</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : * What went wrong:</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : Execution failed for task ':transformClassesWithDexForDebug'.</p>
  <p>MSBUILD : cordova-build error : &gt; com.android.ide.common.process.ProcessException: org.gradle.process.internal.ExecException: Process 'command 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_161\bin\java.exe'' finished with non-zero exit value 1</p>
  </blockquote>
  <p>Please comment what additional info is needed and i will edit the question.</p>
  <p><strong>Edit:</strong>
  Not solved. Would be glad to get a solution.</p>