This post is an introduction to Kotlin for Android development. Learn how the language differs from Java and the basic syntax and layout.

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.

This means developers can take existing code and easily build new features or replace Java code in pieces. Since Kotlin is dependent on Java, it means both languages will continue to be supported.

In other words, new versions should not break code written for v1.0 or later. There are plenty of blog posts and official documentation that cover learning and using Kotlin.