Google I/O: Kotlin, a popular new language for mobile platforms that's compatible with Java, is now officially supported on Android.

Programming languages: Java still rules over Python and JavaScript as primary language But Python is the language that most developers are learning these days.

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 ...

Android Studio’s upgraded chatbot is based on Gemini Pro, the midrange model in the series, which is designed to balance response quality with hardware-efficiency.

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

It is available as a fully-supported programming language within Android Studio 3.0. According to the Kotlin website, users include Pinterest, Evernote, Uber, and Atlassian.

“On Android, we’re now seeing something different – a significant drop in memory safety vulnerabilities and an associated drop in the severity of our vulnerabilities,” Google wrote. “This drop ...