D8.jar Download [portable] Jun 2026

Third-party mirrors rarely update their files, leaving you with buggy, slower, or obsolete versions of the compiler.

For more in-depth information, you can read the official Android D8 documentation . d8.jar download

The Android SDK also includes a wrapper script d8 (no .jar extension) that automatically invokes the JAR with correct classpath. On Linux/Mac: Third-party mirrors rarely update their files, leaving you

d8 --min-api 24 --release --output out/ input.jar Third-party mirrors rarely update their files

D8 automatically transforms Java 8 bytecode into Java 7/6 compatible bytecode during the DEX compilation process. This happens as part of the D8/R8 compilation of class files into DEX code.