Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects. Kotlin is a general purpose, free, open source, statically typed “pragmatic” ...

For years, Java was the one official language for Android development. While other options were available through alternative tools like Unity or Xamarin, Java with the Android SDK was still the clear ...

Java may still be the first programming language that springs to mind when you think about Android, but you don’t have to use Java for Android development. In fact, Kotlin is now Google’s preferred ...

The update adds Java 26 support for Kotlin/JVM, enables incremental compilation by default for Kotlin/Wasm, and expands Kotlin's ability to target modern web and native platforms.