Does Kotlin work with Java?

Yes. Kotlin is 100% interoperable with the Java programming language and major emphasis has been placed on making sure that your existing codebase can interact properly with Kotlin. You can easily call Kotlin code from Java and Java code from Kotlin. This makes adoption much easier and lower-risk.

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What is Maven dependency in Android?

A maven repository is a “repo”, public or private, to store libraries, plugins and in general artifacts . It is not related to Android Studio or another IDE. JCenter is one of the maven repo. JCenter is the place to find and share popular Apache Maven packages for use by Maven, Gradle, Ivy, SBT, etc.

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How do you add a dependency in Gradle?

To add a dependency to your project, specify a dependency configuration such as implementation in the dependencies block of your module’s build. gradle file . This declares a dependency on an Android library module named “mylibrary” (this name must match the library name defined with an include: in your settings.

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