# Lambdas in Kotlin, and how they simplify Android development (KAD 07)

DevFeed: [Lambdas in Kotlin, and how they simplify Android development (KAD 07)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lambdas-in-kotlin-and-how-they-simplify-android-development-kad-07-27189.md>)

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

Published: 2017-01-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [Mobile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mobile.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-development.md>), [asynchronous](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/asynchronous.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [compilation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compilation.md>), [compiler](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compiler.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [function](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [interfaces](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interfaces.md>), [interop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interop.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lambda.md>), [thread](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/thread.md>)

## AI overview

A Kotlin tutorial explaining lambdas, higher-order functions, Kotlin-Java interoperability, DSL creation, asynchronous execution, and inline functions. It describes how lambdas simplify function syntax and how inline functions can reduce compilation-related performance overhead.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics