This article was originally posted on my blog. You should also read my Java 11 Tutorial (including new language and API features from Java 9, 10 and 11). Welcome to my introduction to Java 8. This ...

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For more on that, check out our guide to Android development for beginners. For the purposes of this Java tutorial, it may be easier to write your code directly into a Java compiler app.