Android Quickstart - Incorrect about Java Versions

General Feedback & Requests
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The [Android Quickstart][1] tells people to install the [incorrect version of Java on Mac][2] and doesn’t tell [which version of Java is required on windows][3].

Installing Java 8 fixes both issues, though I have not (yet) tried installing Java 8 without first installing earlier versions (so I don’t know whether you can go straight to it or have to install old versions AND THEN Java 8).

https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Platforms/Android/GettingStarted/1/index.html
[2]: 4.14.1 fails to launch on android from fresh Mac install with "Unsupported major.minor version 52.0" - Mobile - Epic Developer Community Forums
[3]: Android Package fail in 4.14.1 on Windows 10 "Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 - Mobile - Epic Developer Community Forums

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Thank you for bringing this to our attention, I have entered UEDOC-4307 to correct this issue. I personally use Java version 8 on my setup.

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On a new OS installation I tried installing only Java 8 and launching on android failed looking for the Java 6 files for part of the launching process. I don’t know if this can be easily changed so that we only need one version of java, but for now both Java 6 and Java 8 need to be installed on a Mac for the launching process to work.