That’s important because if you want to target Android O, create an Instant App, start developing with Kotlin, or use the latest Android app performance tools, you’ll need Android Studio 3.0.

Android Studio will walk you through adding Kotlin dependencies into your project and convert the code to functionally equivalent Kotlin code.

Google has released Android Studio 3.0 with support for the Kotlin programming language and new tools to speed up app development and debugging.

Code Copy Text import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity import android.os.Bundle import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_main.* //Import the extension function// ...

Google I/O: Kotlin, a popular new language for mobile platforms that's compatible with Java, is now officially supported on Android.