Kotlin vs Java for Android Development
Since the start of Android Development, Java was the leading language which used by most of the Android Developers, in 2019, Google announced that their preference has changed to a new improved programming language Kotlin. Popularity of Kotlin’s has been significantly increasing over the last few years and it’s has become an one of the most popular programming language.
In this article, we are discussing about what are the differences between Java and Kotlin
What is Kotlin?
Kotlin is an open-source programming language which based on statically typed programming language. Kotlin was developed by JetBrains in 2010. Best thing about Kotlin is, it’s fully interoperable with Java. The main goal of it is to improve and smooth the development process so that the developers can save so much more development time. Kotlin allow developer to write less BoilerPlate code.
Kotlin can be applied for all types of development, for both back-end, front-end, or web. One of Kotlin’s main objectives is to make it accessible on various platforms and make it productive while working with other languages.
At present, more than 60% of Android developers prefer this new programming language. Among the popular cellular applications using Kotlin application development services are Pinterest, Uber, Airbnb, and others.
Kotlin’s one of the main objective was to make it accessible on different platforms. Also to make it more productive when working with other languages. Nowadays, more than 60% of Android developers prefer the Kotlin for mobile developments. Like Pinterest & Uber there are many popular mobile apps which uses Kotlin for mobile app development.