With 84.8% of the mobile app market share in 2020, Android applications are boldly taking over the iOS app market and predicted to remain dominating in the future. The swiftly increasing percentage of Android app users pushes entrepreneurs to create their first-ever digital presence with Android app development solutions.

Whether you have decided to develop an Android app from scratch or want to migrate your existing app to the Android platform, the first thing you need to look for is the clear, easy, and robust architecture base for the app.

And with the Google announcement for supporting Kotlin Programming language in 2017, Google has once again taken the momentum and provided the perfect alternative language to traditional Java for Android development.

Despite being a new leader in Android app development, Kotlin has outshined as the most loved, neater, and cleaner version of Java. Also, being supported by Google, undoubtedly, Kotlin will stay here in the future.

So before you get straight into learning the architecture of developing Android apps in the Kotlin programming language using industry-proven tools and libraries, it is worthwhile to understand what exactly is Kotlin…

Little Sneak Peek To Get Started with Kotlin Over Java For Android App Development

Kotlin has been around since 2011, officially launched in 2016 as an open-source programming language that enables you to write better Android applications in faster turnarounds. It is a modern statistically typed programming language used by over 60% of professional Android developers as it helps productivity, boost satisfaction and ensures code security.

Apart, here’s why Kotlin is taking over Java for Android app development:

  • Expressive and Concise Programing Language: With the integration of modern features in Kotlin, it becomes easier for an app development company to express ideas by writing reusable codes.
  • Safer Coding: Since Kotlin includes @Nullable and @NonNull in its type system, it helps you avoid NullPointerExpectations. Android apps that use Kotlin are 20% less expected to crash as it has safer codes.
  • Interoperability: Kotlin is 100% compatible to work with other programming languages, so you can use little or as much of Kotlin in your app development project. So if you want to use existing Java stacks with Kotlin, the language will allow you to do with that easily.

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Developing Android App With Kotlin: Go Beyond the Basics
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