# Kotlin for Android (I): Introduction

DevFeed: [Kotlin for Android (I): Introduction](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/kotlin-for-android-i-introduction-27184.md>)

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

Published: 2015-03-09T00:00:00Z

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>), [Java](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/java.md>), [Android Studio](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-studio.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/interoperability.md>), [Boilerplate](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boilerplate.md>), [Gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/gradle.md>), [IntelliJ IDEA](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intellij-idea.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>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [gradle](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gradle.md>), [interoperability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interoperability.md>), [java](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/java.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>)

## AI overview

This introduction presents Kotlin as a JVM language created by JetBrains for Android development. It explains Kotlin's relationship to Java, its object-oriented and functional programming features, and reasons to consider it, including a relatively fast learning curve, a small library, Java interoperability, and integration with Android Studio and Gradle.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics