# 5 years of Kotlin on Android -- the extended interviews

DevFeed: [5 years of Kotlin on Android -- the extended interviews](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/5-years-of-kotlin-on-android-the-extended-interviews-27040.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://medium.com/androiddevelopers/5-years-of-kotlin-on-android-the-extra-bits-a7dcd17480a9>)

Author: Márton Braun

Published: 2022-08-17T18:50:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [zsmb.co](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zsmb-co.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [jetbrains](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetbrains.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [blog-post](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/blog-post.md>), [interviews](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interviews.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>)

## AI overview

Extended interview material marking five years of official Kotlin support on Android. The article discusses Google's early evaluation of Kotlin, its collaboration with JetBrains, the Kotlin Foundation, and efforts to guide the language's evolution.

## Source excerpt

Interview material for the 5 years of Kotlin on Android celebration that did not make it into the main blog post.