What’s new in Android Studio 3.x. Find out what to look for in the latest version of Android Studio, including support for Kotlin, Java 8, and a wealth of new tools and plugins.

At its I/O 2017 developer conference, Google today unveiled Android Studio 3.0, the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE).

Android Studio is the developers interface into the world of code for Android and back at Google I/O this year, Kotlin was announced as an officially supported ‘first-class’ language in ...

Kotlin is a super new programming language built by JetBrains, which also coincidentally develops the JetBrains IDE that Android Studio — Google’s official developer tool — is based on.

Kotlin can be added to earlier versions of Android Studio with a plug-in. Kotlin compiles to the same byte code as Java, interoperates with Java classes in natural ways, and shares its tooling ...

Google offers free lessons to help up-and-coming developers build Android apps using Kotlin. ... and is included with JetBrains' IntelliJ IDEA integrated development environment and Android Studio.

During its I/O event on Wednesday, Google announced that the tool, called Studio Bot, will help developers build apps by generating code, fixing errors, and answering questions about Android.