Did Google buy Kotlin?

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.

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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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Will Kotlin take over Java?

Switching, All it takes is installing the Kotlin Plugin that makes the transition from Java to Kotlin a seamless one . . Compact, Kotlin is faster to write so, much loved by developers. 50 lines of code in Java, it only takes 1–2 lines in Kotlin.31 Ara 2020

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