How to determine if a library/dependency is compatible with devices whose SDK version is equal to {minSdkVersion}?

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Java

How to determine if a library/dependency is compatible with devices whose SDK version is equal to {minSdkVersion}?
For example, in Java 8 there are things that cannot be used if the minSdkVersion of your Android application is, for example, 16 (Stream API, StandardCharsets class, String.join() method, etc.). For the sake of interest, I tried to make a simple library, connect it to my project and run it on an emulator with API 22 (I was too lazy to download 16). Her code:

import java.util.Arrays;

public final class Library {
    private Library() {
    }

    public static void crash() {
        Arrays.stream(new int[]{1, 2, 3}).close();
    }
}

Calling the crash() method, as expected, got an error:

java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method stream([I)Ljava/util/stream/IntStream; in class Ljava/util/Arrays; or its super classes (declaration of 'java.util.Arrays' appears in /system/framework/core-libart.jar)

Now to the question.
There is a library originally written in Java 8. My project's minSdkVersion is 16. Is there a way to make sure this library will work on older androids?
If so, sorry. I'm new to Android, you might say.