Are the days of Java’s rule over Android apps coming to an end? Google announced official support for the Kotlin programming language in May 2017 at its annual I/O developer conference.

Few other programming languages enjoy the same level of tooling support that Java does, which helps cement itself as the best programming language. 4. First-order Android Support. Android is the world ...

In addition to touring Java 8’s functional programming capabilities, the second half of this tutorial will help you begin to think functionally, by converting an example of object-oriented Java ...

Android development is a main driver in the recent uptick in Java's popularity and the language's re-emergence at the top of the TIOBE index. Google has never officially commented on why it's using ...

While Java has long been Android's main programming language, it's never a good fit. Java was written when "mobile" computing devices were 7-pound laptops. In the meantime, ...

A great example might be your game loop, which could run until the player hits “exit” or runs out of health. Check out our post on how to write your first Android game in Java for a ...

This post introduces the basics of Java syntax so that you can better start to understand what all those lines do. Developing good practices now will save you a lot of trouble as an Android ...