Android Basics in Kotlin is a new online course for people without programming experience to learn how to build Android apps. “The goal is to expose you to the tools and resources that ...

In this five-unit course, you learn the basics of building Android apps with the Kotlin programming language and develop a collection of simple apps to start your journey as an Android developer.

Google has been using Kotlin for Android apps since 2017 and the pair have jointly supported the Kotlin language through the Kotlin Foundation since 2018. In 2019, Google's Android team adopted ...

It’s no surprise that Google’s hope is that over time, all Android developers will switch over to Kotlin. “There is still quite a bit of Java still happening on Android,” Ward said.

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.