Is Kotlin preferred for Android?

Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app development . Google today announced that the Kotlin programming language is now its preferred language for Android app developers. … It was only two years ago, at I/O 2017, that Google announced support for Kotlin in its Android Studio IDE.

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Should I learn Kotlin or Java for Android?

Conclusion. In general, because of the May 2019 announcement from Google I would recommend beginners at Android app development start with Kotlin however there are some exceptions where I think Java may be better . There are two scenarios I would recommend learning Java first for Android app development as a beginner.

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