That’s important because if you want to target Android O, create an Instant App, start developing with Kotlin, or use the latest Android app performance tools, you’ll need Android Studio 3.0.

This course includes hands-on lectures on developing for Android users using Kotlin by exploring Android Studio, its components, and the life cycle of an app.

Google's Android Studio 3.0 dev environment has just become available in the stable channel, with built-in support for Kotlin and Java 8.

Google offers free lessons to help up-and-coming developers build Android apps using Kotlin.

Google has continued to improve Kotlin support since then, most recently with the Android KTX library for Android Studio. As part of Android P, apps written in Kotlin will be faster, particularly ...

Starting with Android Studio 3.0, Kotlin is included out-of-the-box, so there are no additional setup steps or add-ons to install. Kotlin was created by JetBrains and officially released early ...