# Celebrating 5 years of Kotlin on Android

DevFeed: [Celebrating 5 years of Kotlin on Android](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/celebrating-5-years-of-kotlin-on-android-27033.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2022/08/celebrating-5-years-of-kotlin-on-android.html>)

Author: Márton Braun

Published: 2022-08-17T19:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

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>), [Jetpack Compose](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack-compose.md>), [Jetpack](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/jetpack.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-development.md>), [coroutines](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coroutines.md>), [developer-relations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-relations.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [jetpack](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack.md>), [jetpack-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jetpack-compose.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>)

## AI overview

Google celebrates five years of Kotlin on Android by revisiting Kotlin's official support announcement at Google I/O, its role in modern Android app development, and ongoing support efforts. The post highlights Kotlin's use in Jetpack libraries and Jetpack Compose.

## Source excerpt

Five years ago, at the 2017 Google I/O Keynote, Kotlin became an officially supported language for Android development. With this post, let's celebrate by revisiting that initial story, some important steps along the way, and by looking at the ongoing efforts by Google to support Kotlin.