Why Unity needs JDK for android build?

Unity Engine
,
1

If I didn’t write any line of code in Java, why still Unity require JDK for building to android?

2

Yes since some of the tools that are executed as part of the build process require Java to be installed on your machine.

1 Like
3

Unity still has to compile the Android resources from the Android libraries, which produces R.java file, which needs to be compiled by javac.

4

Although looks like JDK is not needed for Gradle builds… But we still need at least Java Runtime.