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Java vs Kotlin for Android app development. One of the biggest decisions you’ll need to make as an Android developer is whether you’re going to learn Kotlin or Java.

Java is one of the “official” languages that Google supports for Android development — the other being Kotlin.While the latter is increasingly favored by Google however, Java remains popular ...

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He offered a brief criticism of former Android boss Andy Rubin's handling of Java in the development of Android. Gosling in 2011 had a brief stint at Google following Oracle's acquisition of Sun.

After Kotlin was approved by Google for Android development, more than 50% of Android developers switched to it from Java, and also up to 20% of Java server-side developers.

Java also holds the top spot in the rival PyPL Popularity of Programming Language index, where it has a 24.3 percent share this month — the same share it had last month.