title: ParseException in android build
body: <p>I am getting following error while building android app, and I have googled this error and many people suggested to downgrade/revert to Java 1.7 which is not possible for me. Any other ways to address this issue?</p>
  
  <pre><code>UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
  com.android.dx.cf.iface.ParseException: bad class file magic (cafebabe) or version (0034.0000)
      at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse0(DirectClassFile.java:472)
      at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse(DirectClassFile.java:406)
      at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parseToInterfacesIfNecessary(DirectClassFile.java:388)
      at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.getMagic(DirectClassFile.java:251)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processClass(Main.java:704)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processFileBytes(Main.java:673)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.access$300(Main.java:83)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main$1.processFileBytes(Main.java:602)
      at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processArchive(ClassPathOpener.java:284)
      at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.processOne(ClassPathOpener.java:166)
      at com.android.dx.cf.direct.ClassPathOpener.process(ClassPathOpener.java:144)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processOne(Main.java:632)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.processAllFiles(Main.java:505)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.runMultiDex(Main.java:334)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.run(Main.java:244)
      at com.android.dx.command.dexer.Main.main(Main.java:215)
      at com.android.dx.command.Main.main(Main.java:106)
  ...while parsing com/google/devtools/build/android/desugar/runtime/ThrowableExtension.class
  </code></pre>