I. HELP: Access Remote MySQL Server Using Connector/J (2 replies)

Hi.

I have been trying to access from Android Studio 1.5.1 a remote MySQL server version 5.5.45-cll-lve, using MySQL Connector/J mysql-connector-java-5.1.38-bin.jar, but first, I'll have to make sure the app can even find the driver!

I downloaded the .jar from MySQL and dropped it into app/libs, relying on the app/src/build.gradle to implement it, like this:


Then, I sync-ed the gradle with the project, I figured the dependencies in build.gradle will pull it into the project:

dependencies {
  compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
  testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
  compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:23.2.1'
  compile 'com.android.support:design:23.2.1'
}

This is my minimalist MainActivity.java for testing whether A/S can find the JDBC driver:

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.util.Log;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.Statement;

public class MainActivity extends Activity {

  @Override
  protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
  super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
  setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
  Connection conn = null;
  Statement stmt = null;
  ResultSet rs = null;
  String TAG = "DEBUG:";

  try {
  Class.forName("com.mysql.jdbc.Driver");
  } catch (ClassNotFoundException ex) {
  Log.d(TAG, "Cannot find MySQL JDBC Driver!");
  ex.printStackTrace();
  return;
  }
  Log.d(TAG, "MySQL JDBC Driver registered\n");
  }
}

But when I try to run the app, it threw these errors almost immediately:
UNEXPECTED TOP-LEVEL EXCEPTION:
Error:com.android.dx.cf.iface.ParseException: bad class file magic (cafebabe) or version (0034.0000)
at com.android.dx.cf.direct.DirectClassFile.parse0(DirectClassFile.java:472)

The error message leads me to believe it might be a version incompatibility here between jdk1.7.0 and the Connector/J.

I am at a lost over this, can anyone help with this?


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