[Codelab] - Getting
Started With Kotlin For
Android Development
Olayinka Peter Oluwafemi
Kotlin Night Ekiti State University
September 1st, 2017
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Using Kotlin with your current
Android Studio version (< 3.0)
Here’s one way...
● Manually install the Kotlin
plugin
Settings > plugins > install jetbrains
plugin > kotlin
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Using Kotlin with Android
Studio 3.0
Here’s the other way...
● No additional setup is
required
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Sample app in Kotlin
● Less code written
● No need for semicolon
● Avoid findViewById()
● And so much more...
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Sample app in Kotlin
● Less code written
● No need for semicolon
● Avoid findViewById()
● And so much more...
● Create a new project with
Kotlin support.
● Add the necessary
permissions to the manifest
file.
● Copy and paste the project
files.
● Convert Java code to
Kotlin!
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Resources
● https://kotlinlang.org/docs
What are you
going to build
with Kotlin?
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