# Introducing Android KTX: Even Sweeter Kotlin Development for Android

DevFeed: [Introducing Android KTX: Even Sweeter Kotlin Development for Android](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/introducing-android-ktx-even-sweeter-kotlin-development-for-android-20884.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/02/introducing-android-ktx-even-sweeter.html>)

Published: 2018-02-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Jake Wharton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jake-wharton.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [LineageOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lineageos.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [GitHub](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>)

## AI overview

Android KTX is introduced as a preview set of extensions that makes Kotlin development for Android more concise, idiomatic, and pleasant. It provides an API layer over the Android framework and Support Library, with examples covering string-to-URI conversion, SharedPreferences, path differences, and View callbacks.

## Source excerpt

This post was published externally on Android Developers Blog. Read it at https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2018/02/introducing-android-ktx-even-sweeter.html.