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

This is what libraries in Android Studio are for. They simply extend the capabilities of Java/Kotlin/the Android SDK by letting you use classes and methods built by other users.

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.

If you want to learn the Kotlin programming language, check out this list of books, courses, tutorials, videos and websites.

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.

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.

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 also today announced that it is making Kotlin a first-class language for writing Android apps. This first preview of Android Studio 3.0 already includes full support for this new language.