Kotlin for Android: Brief and Clear
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Kotlin is a new language for Android development that compiles to Java bytecode. It aims to improve on Java with features like type inference, null safety, and extension functions. Kotlin has good tooling support in IntelliJ and Android Studio and a small runtime size of 800K that can be further reduced with shrinking. The document then demonstrates Kotlin in a sample Android project.
Kotlin for Android: Brief and Clear
- 4. Why a new language?
- 5. Cup<Coffee> cup = new Cup<Coffee>(new Coffee()) Cup<Coffee> cup = new Cup<>(new Coffee()) Cup<Coffee> cup = new Cup(new Coffee()) Why not… Java 7
- 7. When will Android get Java 8?
- 9. Facts about Kotlin • Current version: 0.7 • Tooling – IntelliJ IDEA/Android Studio – Gradle/Maven/Ant • Runtime size: 800K, and shrinking
- 10. DEMO