How to show compilation errors in android studio

Question

I want to know how to show compilation errors in Android Studio. I tried the following one:

Android Studio: Where is the Compiler Error Output Window?

But it is showing another error:

javac: invalid target release: 1.8

Anybody who knows the actual solution please reply.

Solution 1

There is a 'Problems' view in the project window:

Just click on the drop down (Android setting is default) and select 'Problems'. Not comparable to eclipse problems view tough...

Solution 2

Using F2

In addition to what the other answers say, you can find errors by pressing F2 or Shift+F2. This is useful when you can't see the where the red indicator is on the side bar.

Solution 3

There's "Messages" tab in Android Studio. Complilation errors and warning go there. You can select it by pressing alt+0 (⌘+0 in OS X - a shortcut to View|Tool Windows|Messages).

Solution 4

I was looking for the "Problems" view that you can see in Eclipse when building projects. For that, you can go to Analyze -> Inspect Code

Where is the warnings view in Android Studio?

and then I clicked on "Group by Severity" so that I could see the warnings and errors.

Solution 5

In the toolbar, go to Analyze -> Inspect Code

After That, you will have the Inspection Results window with the detailed errors and warnings. see image:

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Comments

[iamcrypticcoder]

"javac: invalid target release: 1.8" is showing in the Messages tab. I need to see java compilation errors.

[ernazm]

Normally, there should be compilation errors too. You probably have jdk 1.8 which is (probably) not compatible with Android Studio. I'd try to switch to 1.7.

[iamcrypticcoder]

Actually I'm working on android studio for last 2 months. Everything is okay. No problem to build if there is no compilation error. But if there are compilation errors "Messages Tab" shows "Compilation error bla bla..." but don't show errors. That's it. If jdk 1.8 is not compatible to Android Studio, is it impossible to build.

[ernazm]

Well the error message you posted says there's something wrong with javac you have, I think that's why you get no compilation errors. It's up to you whether to spend 5 minutes to try 1.7 jdk and see compilation errors or go as is.

[Geeks On Hugs]

⌘+0 in OS X - a shortcut to View|Tool Windows|Messages

[hamena314]

Android Studio 3.1.1 ... seems as if the problems-view does not update automatically. Have to click on another tab and then back on problems to see new problems. If I fix a typo, it updates and removes the typo from the problems-view.

[Stephen M -on strike-]

Pretty worthless really. Both Eclipse and Netbeans handle this much better.

[gunner_dev]

This is pretty useful, but I wish Android Studio did this on the fly. For example, if you remove a function, a window to show all instances where that function is being called as errors.

[Brett Sutton]

The absurdity is that the problems view is probably the second most accessed view and yet its hard to find.

[Julian A.]

I don't think this exists in AS anymore.

[vLopez]

Eclipse is better in all... I hate Android Studio with all my soul