I think you're reading too much into this. The only reason they adopted Kotlin was because Android devs were already using it. Jake Wharton, one of the most wel

I think you're reading too much into this. The only reason they adopted Kotlin was because Android devs were already using it. Jake Wharton, one of the most well-known Android developers, has also been a vocal supporter of the language for a long time, so much so that Google actually invited him to give a talk about it at I/O this year - I have never seen Google invite a community member like this before. Source: I've been developing Android apps for 2 years and closely follow all developments in the community.