How to build updates for OH 3.4

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SNAPSHOT 4.0.0 is based on Java 17

How to build a binding update for OH 3.4

I tried “mvn -Dohc.version=3.4.0 clean install”, which builds a jar, but it can’t be loaded, because it’s compiled for Java 17, whereas 3.4 uses Java 11.

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Checkout the 3.4.x branch

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you mean git clone?

But this doesn’t setup the IDE, correct? 3.4 requires a Java 11 environment not just the code

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If you’ve already cloned something in the past, you simply just need to check out a different branch, in this case the 3.4.x branch.

As for the “Java11 environment”, you’d have to set that up yourself, that’s a totally separate thing, but that should be pretty easy too.

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Usually I use the Eclipse Installer, but the current one only offers the main branch and Java 17. Is there any way to switch to OH 3.4 environment with the Installer?

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I use vscode and set up the java environment using shell environment variable and use cli to do the compiling / building.

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Ok, I got it working with git clone + java_home -v 11; thx

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