# Converting Plaid to Kotlin: Lessons learned (Part 1)

DevFeed: [Converting Plaid to Kotlin: Lessons learned (Part 1)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/converting-plaid-to-kotlin-lessons-learned-part-1-27214.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/plaid-kotlin-1>)

Published: 2015-11-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

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-apps](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-apps.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>), [properties](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/properties.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/context.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [properties](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/properties.md>), [property](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/property.md>), [property-delegation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/property-delegation.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial compares part of the Plaid Android app after rewriting HomeActivity in Kotlin. It discusses reduced boilerplate and Kotlin approaches to view binding, resource binding, property declarations, context-dependent initialization, and property delegation.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics