Is there a Java class that you’ve always felt was missing some useful functionality for Android development? With Kotlin it is possible to quickly and easily add functionality to existing ...

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).

Java and Android Studio have a steep learning curve, however. Kotlin – Kotlin is another official Android language. It is similar to Java in many ways but is a little easier to get your head around.

Jetbrains, the team behind the popular Java IDE IntelliJ, have released Kotlin 1.0, its homegrown programming language for JVM and Java. The company descries Kotlin as “a pragmatic programming ...