# Reasons to Use Kotlin for Android Development

DevFeed: [Reasons to Use Kotlin for Android Development](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/12-reasons-why-you-should-start-using-kotlin-for-android-today-kad-30-27217.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/reasons-kotlin-android>)

Published: 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-development.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Scala](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/scala.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-development.md>), [android-studio](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-studio.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [scala](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scala.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents the author's reasons for moving from Java to Kotlin for Android development, citing Kotlin's language and tooling maturity, easier Android development, and integration with Android Studio. It also compares Kotlin with Java and Scala on compilation times, tooling, and library size.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics