Developing Android applications seems like it should be fairly straightforward if you believe the glossy marketing by Google and others. It’s certainly possible to just follow the ...

JetBrains' new JVM language Kotlin promises not only to simplify Java stack-based, server-side development, but also client-side Android development.

Software development toolmaker JetBrains has released the latest upgrade of Kotlin, its open-source programming language for both the JVM and Android.

Much of its popularity is due to JVM compatibility and support for Java 6; but more importantly, it's possible to build a project with a mix of code files written in either Kotlin or Java.

Today, during Google’s I/O developer conference, the company announced a group of tools for app developers, including a new developer suite called Android Studio. It’s an IDE based on IntelliJ ...