Kotlin is a hot programming language right now, and its eclipse of Java for Android mobile development might leave Visual Studio developers wondering how they can get in on the action.

Google today announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. "Android development will become ...

Starting with Android Studio 3.0, Kotlin is included out-of-the-box, so there are no additional setup steps or add-ons to install. Kotlin was created by JetBrains and officially released early ...

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.

This is what libraries in Android Studio are for. They simply extend the capabilities of Java/Kotlin/the Android SDK by letting you use classes and methods built by other users.

If you want to learn the Kotlin programming language, check out this list of books, courses, tutorials, videos and websites.

Here's what Meta's developers have learned from moving their code base from the Java programming language over to Kotlin.

Android Studio, the integrated development environment (IDE) for Android app developers, is getting an AI upgrade, Google announced at its developer conference, Google I/O 2025.