Kotlin Extension Functions suddenly require api le

Question

I just noticed this lint error:

Call requires API Level 24 (current min is 19) java.util.map#foreach

when I use the extension function forEach on a MutableMap in Kotlin. This didn't happen when I wrote the line, but its there now. And I'm not seeing this error on my other machine.

Answer 1

What you are using is not kotlin.collections.MutableMap.forEach.

What you are using seems to be Map.forEach in Java 8.

Read this article: http://blog.danlew.net/2017/03/16/kotlin-puzzler-whose-line-is-it-anyways/

This seems to be a common mistake.

Java 8 is well-supported from Android API level 24.

For short, do not use like map.forEach { t, u -> Log.i("tag", t + u) }.
Use like map.forEach { (t, u) -> Log.i("tag", t + u) }.
(Not two parameters. Just one parameter which is a pair.)

Answer 2

Map.forEach is supported in Java 8 and its support in Android started from API 24