Currently, there are lots of JVM languages one can try to use while developing Android apps. Since the last decade, JAVA has been the only language that supports Google’s official IDEs to develop Android apps. Since JAVA is an old language, you may have come across a few obstacles while developing Android apps. Sometimes you may have felt a limitation on your creativity due to the restraints exercised by the language. To overcome those limitations, a new language, KOTLIN, is developed by JetBrains, which is more powerful yet simpler than JAVA.

Kotlin has been receiving attention since Google announced its official support as a programming language. Kotlin also allows the developers to make use of Android Studio, Google’s primary IDE for Android.

Many android developers were not convinced in switching from Java because of their expertise in that field. But when they started looking into Kotlin, they changed their minds and started using it for developing applications.

What Is Kotlin?

Kotlin is a programming language for the JVM and Android that combines Object-Oriented and Functional Programming features, which is for a general-purpose, statically typed pragmatic, and open-source. Its main focus is on interoperability, safety, clarity, and tooling support.

Kotlin has been developed as a solution to the problems that Android developers have faced over some time. It allows you to overcome obstacles most easily and quickly.

Benefits Of Kotlin Vs Java

Concise

Kotlin is more concise than Java because it solves problems within fewer lines of code. Enables a change in the code effectively and efficiently. This improves code maintenance and readability.

Safer

It prevents common programming mistakes such as design and application crashes. In Java, certain error causes are more likely to occur again. Using this, write more robust code.

Better Support For Functional Programming

Functional programming is a development pattern that allows programmers to solve problems more consistently and easily. Performance can be improved using inlining which is not possible in Java.

Reduce Errors And Bugs In The Code

Kotlin compilers’ main focus is to fail — fast whenever possible. Kotlin compiler performs many checks, the effort of error fixes place, and avoiding runtime errors.

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