Cannot start under Java 1.7.0_101-b00: Java 1.8 or later is required. After updation to Android Studio v2.2.0 (September 2016)

Question

I have updated android studio to 2.2.0 . It is is not going to restart again it prompt for "Cannot start under Java 1.7.0_101-b00: Java 1.8 or later is required."

I am using jdk 8 .

echo $JAVA_HOME

/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle

Answer 1

I had the same problem under Ubuntu system. In my case problem was solved in few steps:

1. Delete old android-studio

2. Install java 8

[Commands for java 8 installation]

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

[Verify installed java]

$ java -version

$ javac -version

[Command for set java 8 as default]

$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default

3. Remove old java versions from [root]/usr/lib/jvm location

[In my case for java 7 version]

rm -r java-7-oracle

4. Restart your computer

5. Install Android Studio as mentioned in https://developer.android.com/studio/install.html