Here's what Meta's developers have learned from moving their code base from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to ...

Java may still be the first programming language that springs to mind when you think about Android, but you don’t have to use Java for Android development. In fact, Kotlin is now Google’s preferred ...

Kotlin is pretty great. It's got a whole bunch of useful language features, and the syntax is generally clean and simple. It's also cross-platform, and the base language can compile to a whole bunch ...

Barriers are a mysterious addition to the ConstraintLayout but in practice they are easy to use and useful - once you know what they are all about. This extract from Android Programming In Java: ...

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. The ...

Java is one of the most highly sought after programming languages, not to mention one of the two official languages for Android development. In this Java beginner course, we’ll go over the basics to ...

If you’re not a mobile developer working with Android, chances are you haven’t heard of Kotlin. If you are an Android programmer, it’s the best thing since sliced bread. While Java has long been ...

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects. Kotlin is a general purpose, free, open source, statically typed “pragmatic” ...

Google's Android Studio was recently released at Version 2.2 and there are big changes that make it even easier to create your first Android app. You can get started ...