Android Studio JDK version 21 vs. JetBrains IDEs JDK 25

IntelliJ Platform
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Hi

I wanted to test my plugin against the latest nightly Android Studio:

Android Studio Quail 1 | 2026.1.1 Nightly 2026-05-08
Build #AI-261.23567.138.2611.15373837, built on May 8, 2026
Runtime version: 21.0.10+-117844308-b1163.108 aarch64137.0.17
VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o.
Toolkit: sun.lwawt.macosx.LWCToolkit
macOS 26.3.1
Exception reporter ID: 27122521ce51b2a-eb56-46fc-89bd-4bc484afbd61
StudioFlags with current overrides:
  LazyStudioFlagSettings(StudioFlagSettings(data.size=1)):
    journeys.with.gemini.enable.journeys.with.gemini.execution=true
  PropertyOverrides(cache.size=490):
    flags.configuration.level=PREVIEW
    gradle.ide.use.stable.agp.version.for.new.projects=true
  MendelOverrides(MendelFlagsProvider count=1):
  ServerFlagOverrides(No server flags are enabled.):
  AgpReleaseBranchProvider(releasedWithAgp=true):
    gradle.ide.use.alongside.agp=true
  AgpTestSuitesProvider(journeysWithGeminiEnabled=true):
    agp.test.suites.enabled=true
GC: G1 Young Generation, G1 Concurrent GC, G1 Old Generation
Memory: 4096M
Cores: 12
Metal Rendering is ON
Registry:
  ide.experimental.ui=true
Non-Bundled Plugins:
  com.intellij.modules.jcef (261.22158.414-mac-arm64)
  Subversion (261.23567.176)
  PerforceDirectPlugin (261.23567.28)
  com.gafner.azd (2026.1.51)

And got plenty excpetions since it is still using JDK 21 compare to other JetBrains IDE that use JDK 25.

Since I put some efforts in migrating my plugins to JDK 25 I wonder if there is a suggestion on what to do in this case?

Thanks

2

As far as I know they also will need to use JDK 25 at runtime, at least we are asking them to do so

3

I didn’t specify JDK 25 or 21—the system just used the default boot JDK. Are you saying that we should expect users to manually switch to JDK 25?

4

IntelliJ IDEA 2026.1 runs on JDK 25 by default, we expect that next Android Studio based on it will do the same