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Develop Android apps with Kotlin
Write better Android apps faster with Kotlin. Kotlin is a modern statically typed programming language used by over 60% of professional Android developers that helps boost productivity, developer satisfaction, and code safety.
Kotlin for Android
Last modified: 04 July 2022
Using Kotlin for Android development, you can benefit from:
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Less code combined with greater readability. Spend less time writing your code and working to understand the code of others.
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Mature language and environment. Since its creation in 2011, Kotlin has developed continuously, not only as a language but as a whole ecosystem with robust tooling. Now it's seamlessly integrated in Android Studio and is actively used by many companies for developing Android applications.
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Kotlin support in Android Jetpack and other libraries. KTX extensions add Kotlin language features, such as coroutines, extension functions, lambdas, and named parameters, to existing Android libraries.
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Interoperability with Java. You can use Kotlin along with the Java programming language in your applications without needing to migrate all your code to Kotlin.
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Support for multiplatform development. You can use Kotlin for developing not only Android but also iOS, backend, and web applications. Enjoy the benefits of sharing the common code among the platforms.
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Code safety. Less code and better readability lead to fewer errors. The Kotlin compiler detects these remaining errors, making the code safe.
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Easy learning. Kotlin is very easy to learn, especially for Java developers.
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Big community. Kotlin has great support and many contributions from the community, which is growing all over the world. According to Google, over 60% of the top 1000 apps on the Play Store use Kotlin.
Many startups and Fortune 500 companies have already developed Android applications using Kotlin – see the list at the Google website for Kotlin developers.
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Developing Android Apps with Kotlin by Google
About this Course
Learn to architect and develop Android apps in the Kotlin programming language using industry-proven tools and libraries. With these techniques you'll create apps in less time, writing less code, and with fewer errors.
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Kotlin Multiplatform
Last modified: 04 July 2022
Multiplatform projects are in Alpha. Language features and tooling may change in future Kotlin versions.
Support for multiplatform programming is one of Kotlin’s key benefits. It reduces time spent writing and maintaining the same code for different platforms while retaining the flexibility and benefits of native programming.
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