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No, Android has upgraded to Java 11:

https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/gradle-plugin#...

... which up until a few months ago was the last LTS. So they're fairly up to date by now.

Kind of, that is a subset of Java 11, don't expect everything that is on OpenJDK 11 LTS to work on Android.

Most of the libraries of Java 11 are not available. Basic stuff like the Java 11 HTTP client. Pseudo compatibility. And this only happened because the new Gradle needed Java 11. They just did enough to make the new Gradle work. Android Java will not pass the Java 11 test suite.

That is how they do their sales pitch about "supporting" Java, as most devs don't care about the details, they just take it as Google being "good".

So thaaaat's the reason for the all-in focus on Kotlin... ooohh.

Where can I read more about the version freeze?

:(

Covered in articles from earlier in the decade: https://in.pcmag.com/google-io/114595/google-is-moving-andro...

They did right, Android Java is a mess.