ZDNet

Programming languages: Why Meta is moving its Android apps from Java to Kotlin

Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...
The Hill

With Kotlin, builders can create some amazing Android apps — learn how for just over $10

The Hill may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. When it comes to building Android apps, Java is the coding language of choice for bringing those ...
ZDNet

Kotlin programming language: How Google is using it to squash the code bugs that cause most crashes

Google has detailed significant improvements that the Google Home team achieved just by rewriting the Google Home app in the modern programming language Kotlin. Google is encouraging all Android ...
Ars Technica

Google says its Android runtime makes apps faster, even without an OS update

Google’s latest blog post is all about extolling the virtues of ART, the Android runtime, and its new ability to be updated independently of the OS. ART is the engine that powers Android and is ...