This post is an introduction to Kotlin for Android development. Learn how the language differs from Java and the basic syntax and layout.

The Kotlin vs Java debate is a new one, with each language having their own merits But what exactly makes them stand apart? That's what we aim to explore.

Many Google teams have also been on a similar journey from Java to Kotlin for both Android and the server-side, culminating in over 11m lines of Kotlin code (as of October 2022).

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.

After Kotlin was approved by Google for Android development, more than 50% of Android developers switched to it from Java, and also up to 20% of Java server-side developers.

At its I/O 2017 developers conference today, Google announced Android is gaining official support for the Kotlin programming language, in addition to Java and C++. The news received the biggest ...

Google has detailed significant improvements that the Google Home team achieved just by rewriting the Google Home app in the modern programming language Kotlin. Google is encouraging all Android ...

JetBrains has released an alpha version of Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile (KMM), an SDK that enables developers to use the same business logic in both Android and iOS mobile applications.

It was only two years ago, at I/O 2017, that Google announced support for Kotlin in its Android Studio IDE. That came as a bit of a surprise, given that Java had long been the preferred language ...