android studio mac java 8

To force running under JDK 1.7 edit /Applications/<Product>.app/Contents/Info.plist file, change JVMVersion from 1.6* to 1.7* :

<key>JVMVersion</key>
<string>1.7*</string>

• See this answer for the known problems with JDK 1.7.
• IDEA_JDK environment variable can be used to override the selected JDK, you may need to run the product from the Terminal so that it sees your environment variables (Mac OS limitation): open -a /Applications/<Product>.app/ .
• Application About dialog will show the actual JDK version.