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 ...

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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.

Google today announced that the third Android O Developer Preview is available, bringing final APIs to the platform. Developers can also now submit their apps to the Google Play Store.

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.

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