Unlike the Swift programming language, which was an internal Apple project and then open sourced later, Google won’t own Kotlin . The language will continue to be developed and supported by JetBrains — the company is partnering with Google to set up a nonprofit Kotlin foundation to shepherd the language.
Read moreWhy does Google like Kotlin?
Have you ever thought how much Google paid to introduce Kotlin into Android? This question usually surprises the developers I talk to about this topic. The answer in most cases is that Google got Kotlin for free because it is released under Apache 2.0 open-source license .
Read moreIs Android moving to Kotlin?
Ever since Android app development began, Java was Google’s official programming language. Yet, the position of authority is now locked by Kotlin . At its I/O keynote declaration in 2017, Google announced Kotlin to be the official programming language for coding Android applications.
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Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.
Read moreDoes Google use Java or Kotlin?
First of all, Google made Kotlin a first-class language only for Android . This means two things: Google will give Kotlin as much Android support as they do for Java. Java is not going away; it will continue to be the dominant Android language since Android’s inception.28 Eyl 2018
Read moreIs Google replacing Java with Kotlin?
We have a new member in our programming languages family and it’s none other than Kotlin. In Google I/O ’17, they have finally announced that for android the official first class support will be given to the Kotlin .
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