Google has released Android Studio 3.0 with support for the Kotlin programming language and new tools to speed up app development and debugging.

That’s important because if you want to target Android O, create an Instant App, start developing with Kotlin, or use the latest Android app performance tools, you’ll need Android Studio 3.0.

Android Studio will walk you through adding Kotlin dependencies into your project and convert the code to functionally equivalent Kotlin code.

Google's Android Studio 3.0 dev environment has just become available in the stable channel, with built-in support for Kotlin and Java 8.

This course includes hands-on lectures on developing for Android users using Kotlin by exploring Android Studio, its components, and the life cycle of an app.

Starting with Android Studio 3.0, Kotlin is included out-of-the-box, so there are no additional setup steps or add-ons to install. Kotlin was created by JetBrains and officially released early ...

Google has continued to improve Kotlin support since then, most recently with the Android KTX library for Android Studio. As part of Android P, apps written in Kotlin will be faster, particularly ...