Android Question Does B4A 8.00 ignore the Java path settings (or use a cache?)

[Jehoschua]

Good afernoon

I've just installed the new Release B4A Version: 8.00
and tried to build an existing project.
B4A says:

Cannot find:
c:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_141\bin\java.exe

But in Tools - Configure Paths I already have the correct Path configuration:
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_171\bin\javac.exe

Why does B4A use a completely different java directory?

I already have re-applied the path configuration and restarted B4A - it has still the same issue.


Thanks a lot for any help,
kind regards,
Thomas

 

[KMatle]

You have a installation problem of JRE and JDK. By the way the newest version is 181.

What you can do is:

1. Update the JRE: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html

2. Update Java via java.com

3. This should fix any Java problem

4. Try again

PS: This is not a B4A problem as me and others are "heavy users with very complex apps". We would be the first in asking for a bugfix if something would be wrong

 

[Erel]

B4A only uses the Java path set under Tools - Configure Paths. Make sure that it is set correctly.

 

[Jehoschua]

Thank you very much, KMatle and Erel, for your support!,

I also suspected that there is not a bug but a misunderstanding - but the signs indicated that there must be a bug after all.

This was the source of the Bug:
In Main, the project has a CustomBuildAction with a path to a no longer available Java.exe.

Therefore, B4A reported that Java exe cannot be found and I overlooked the Build-Log note that it is processing the "custom action", which is more precisely the custom build action.

 

[Erel]

This is not a bug. B4A tried to execute the custom build action and showed you the error message as received from the OS.