As part of Android P, apps written in Kotlin will be faster, particularly when it comes to loops. Google is also working with JetBrains (the developers of Kotlin) to optimize compiled code, but ...

With Kotlin, there is less to type, less to test, and less to maintain, said Chet Haase, who leads the Android UI team at Google, at the Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, CA.

Kotlin is no-longer new. As of 7 May 2019, Kotlin has been the official “preferred” language for Android development according to Google.

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Starting with Android Studio 3.0, Kotlin is included out-of-the-box, so there are no additional setup steps or add-ons to install. Kotlin was created by JetBrains and officially released early ...

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.

Across the last two years, Duolingo seamlessly migrated its Java Android app to 100% Kotlin. Among the main benefits this brought, developers improved their productivity and happiness while the Duolin ...

Google offers free lessons to help up-and-coming developers build Android apps using Kotlin. Written by Liam Tung, Contributing Writer Sept. 23, 2019 at 4:17 a.m. PT ...