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How to Install JDK 8 (on Windows, Mac OS & Ubuntu) and Get Started with Java Programming Java Development Kit (JDK), officially named 'Java Platform Standard Edition ( Java SE )', which is freely available from Sun Microsystems (now part of Oracle), is needed for writing Java programs.
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Android studio comes with a builtin jdk in it but it is not recommended to use an external jdk in the operating system's environment variable! Attached to your android studio especially in OSX!
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I never needed oracle's jdk for android! In apple's mac OSX there is already a very basic java installed that comes builtin in the operating system in it. If you want to install oracle java you have to first download the java SE for OSX 64bit and then follow the instructions here after installing it you will get a path some what like this /usr/libexec/javahome -v 1.8.006 -exec javac -version after that you have to manually set that path in your android studio settings for jdk and there you go you will be using latest jdk by oracle in android studio.