Short summary: Kotlin 1.3 discontinues the following deprecated binary artifacts : kotlin-runtime : use kotlin-stdlib instead. kotlin-stdlib-jre7/8 : use kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/8 instead. kotlin-jslib in the compiler distribution: use kotlin-stdlib-js instead.
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Kotlin is fully compatible with JDK 6 , is supported in the Android Studio and compatible with the Android build system. Apps written in Kotlin are more productive than Java apps.
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Backward Compatibility The Android SDK is by default forward compatible but not backward compatible — this means that an app that is built with and supports a minimum SDK version of 3.0 can be installed on any device running Android versions 3.0 and upwards — but not on devices running Android versions below 3.0.
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