Android Authority

An introduction to Kotlin for Android development

For years, Java was the one official language for Android development. While other options were available through alternative tools like Unity or Xamarin, Java with the Android SDK was still the clear ...
Android Authority

Build variants, Gradle tasks, and Kotlin: Mastering Gradle for Android

Does it feel like Android Studio packages and builds your apps, with very little input from you? Behind the scenes, Android Studio uses the Gradle automated build toolkit, and although it’s possible ...
VentureBeat

Android now supports the Kotlin programming language

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More At its I/O 2017 developers conference today, Google announced Android is ...
The Verge

Google is adding Kotlin as an official programming language for Android development

Google just announced that it will officially support Kotlin on Android as a “first-class” language. Kotlin is a super new programming language built by JetBrains, which also coincidentally develops ...
InfoWorld

What is Kotlin? The Java alternative explained

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects. Kotlin is a general purpose, free, open source, statically typed “pragmatic” ...
VentureBeat

Google unveils Android Studio 3.0 with new performance profiling tools, Instant Apps, and Kotlin

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More At its I/O 2017 developer conference, Google today unveiled Android ...