Under Google's Kotlin-first policy, the company has committed to providing better support to Kotlin. While the Android Studio IDE supports both Kotlin and Java, Jetpack libraries exclusively ...

Understanding how to use libraries in Android Studio is a big part of that. In other words: if you need to perform a common task, you probably don’t need to write the code yourself.

Kotlin is no-longer new. As of 7 May 2019, Kotlin has been the official “preferred” language for Android development according to Google. It has been available as a built-in feature of Android ...

In Part 1, you’ll start up your first Android project and get to know Android Studio’s main window.; In Part 2, you’ll code the app, learning how to use Android Studio to enter source code ...

As I occasionally dabble in Android development (using React Native), for which Visual Studio Code is my favorite editor, I decided to investigate that tool's support for Kotlin. There isn't much.

The Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile plug-in allows developers to write, run, and debug shared code in Android Studio Topics Spotlight: New Thinking about Cloud Computing ...

Kotlin and Android (Google's Android Developers site) How to use Kotlin in Android Studio (Medium blog post). Setup Android Studio for Kotlin programming (YouTube video). An introduction to Kotlin for ...

Android Studio is a developer kit that you can use to create and troubleshoot your own Android apps. We'll go over what it is (and what it isn't).

Students will discover what Kotlin is, learn how it’s used in Android development, and find out how to build apps that are aesthetically pleasing.