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 ...

Google's Android Studio was recently released at Version 2.2 and there are big changes that make it even easier to create your first Android app. You can get started in a few minutes and by the end of ...

Heads up, programmers: Google opted to create its own Java standards and technology for its Android mobile phone, not piggyback on the existing Java Community Process. Google's Android software gives ...

Not every DevOps or software quality tool requires the Java Runtime Environment in order to function. Source code management tools, like Git and Subversion, fall into the non-Java category, as do ...

Here's what Meta's developers have learned from moving their code base from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to ...