that people are writing in something first and then rewriting in Java," he said. "We need to change ... Kotlin targets the JVM, Android, and JavaScript, and also compiles to native code. In May, it ...

Android Studio will display a banner asking you to configure your project to support Kotlin; click the ‘Configure’ link and follow the onscreen instructions. Convert existing Java files to Kotlin.

Google’s Android Studio 3. ... being built-in support for Kotlin and Java 8. Google first announced that it would bake Kotlin compatibility into Android Studio back in May at its IO conference ...

Meta also built Ktfmt, a plugin for IntelliJ and Android Studio that provides a "deterministic Kotlin formatter based on the code and philosophy of google-java-format." Also: Small businesses need ...

Kotlin can be added to earlier versions of Android Studio with a plug-in. Kotlin compiles to the same byte code as Java, interoperates with Java classes in natural ways, and shares its tooling ...

Some of the changes you’ll find in Android Studio 3 include themes, Java to Kotlin conversion tools, code completion for Kotlin, APK debugging as well as a host of fixes from the previous version.

Google just announced that it will officially support Kotlin on Android ... JetBrains IDE that Android Studio — Google’s official developer tool — is based on. Like Java, which is the ...