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Could you use an icon with transparent background for the starter?
I used this one:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tgykLz5wqRI/UZyplio2WvI/AAAAAAAAAeI/3z9GxdRW9Ws/s1600/1.png

Please update to latest version 4.2.0.17.089.1709
Released on April 12, 2017

Please update:
4.2.0.17.089.1709
source = manual://sqldeveloper-4.2.0.17.089.1709-no-jre.zip
md5sums = 158f54967e563a013b9656918e628427

Another piece of the puzzle: if I execute as root the sqldeveloper.sh script from the unzipped downloaded archive it does not work.
There must be something with my java setup or permissions.
Has anyone an idea?
Here is my setup:
$ archlinux-java status
Available Java environments:
java-7-openjdk
java-8-openjdk (default)

Thank you, but this does not solve the issue.
Also changing the scripts to exclude the "can't recognize the JDK version" error,
I get a segmentation fault in the jvm (in fact it can retrieve correctly the java path).

I think there must be something related to the packaging, since if I simply unzip the downloaded archive and execute the sqldeveloper/sqldeveloper.sh script, it opens correctly the app.

If you're having JDK issues, make sure /usr/lib/jvm/default points to Oracle proprietary JDK installation. (e.g. "yaourt -S jdk")
You can see what you have installed with:
# archlinux-java status
and change the default with:
# archlinux-java set <JAVA_ENV_NAME>

Also to save this in SQL Developer's config launch it with:
cd /opt/oracle-sqldeveloper/
./sqldeveloper.sh
It will ask for the JDK location, /usr/lib/jvm/default should do.

I imagine setting the JAVA_HOME does this automatically, I just put the path manually. Probably putting /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-jdk/, without changing the default path works too.

I get an error at startup:

Error: SQL Developer can't recognize the JDK version

I also set JAVA_HOME to /usr/lib/jvm/default but did not help.
My java installations are :

$ archlinux-java status
Available Java environments:
java-7-openjdk
java-8-openjdk (default)

I can't replicate your issue:

md5sum oracle-sqldeveloper-4.1.5.21.78-1-any.pkg.tar
85dc6a343748a5b819e5240a49963b4f oracle-sqldeveloper-4.1.5.21.78-1-any.pkg.tar

Even downloading it by hand, the installer cannot know that the package was already downloaded from Oracle:

==> Building and installing package
==> Making package: oracle-sqldeveloper 4.1.5.21.78-1 (lun nov 14 22:47:05 ART 2016)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Downloading sqldeveloper-4.1.5.21.78-no-jre.zip...
The source file for this package needs to be downloaded manually, since it requires a login and is not redistributable.;/usr/bin/echo Please visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/sql-developer/downloads/index.html.; exit 1; manual://sqldeveloper-4.1.5.21.78-no-jre.zip
-> Found oracle-sqldeveloper.desktop
-> Found oracle-sqldeveloper.sh
-> Found LICENSE
-> Found java_home.patch
==> Validating source files with md5sums...
sqldeveloper-4.1.5.21.78-no-jre.zip ... NOT FOUND
oracle-sqldeveloper.desktop ... Passed
oracle-sqldeveloper.sh ... Passed
LICENSE ... Passed
java_home.patch ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build oracle-sqldeveloper.
==> Restart building oracle-sqldeveloper ? [y/N]
==> --------------------------------------------
==> n

[hecsa@sdf1 ~]$
[hecsa@sdf1 ~]$
[hecsa@sdf1 ~]$ ls -las sqldeveloper-4.1.5.21.78-no-jre.zip
341924 -rw-r--r-- 1 hecsa hecsa 349775471 nov 14 22:38 sqldeveloper-4.1.5.21.78-no-jre.zip

Any clues?
Thanks, and best regards,

HeCSa.

Done.

Also, I suggest just exporting JAVA_HOME in your zshrc or bashrc for ease with this package.