Scala, a statically typed language running atop the Java Virtual Machine, is emerging as a development option for building Google Android applications. While developers already are aware of Java ...

At its I/O 2017 developers conference today, Google announced Android is gaining official support for the Kotlin programming language, in addition to Java and C++. The news received the biggest ...

The little-known language—developed by software development company JetBrains—was first announced in July 2011 and only reached an official v1.0 release in February 2016.

Apple's Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development through the establishment of a ...

Apple's Swift programming language, first released in 2014 for Apple's own platforms, is now pushing to add official support for Android. Historically, Swift has been closely tied to Apple's ...

It's part of Google's effort to shift Android app makers from Oracle-owned Java to Kotlin, the official Android programming language from JetBrains, a Czech-based integrated development ...

“Swift is surprisingly fantastic, especially for a language that’s been developed in secret for years,” he continues. “It has the functional programming features that folks like the Ruby ...

In fact, support for the Rust programming language was first introduced in Android 12 as a memory-safe alternative to C/C++. “As we noted in the original announcement, our goal is not to convert ...