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Wasn't Kotlin introduced because Android was still stuck in Java 6? IntelliJ is running on JRE9 (a more or less LTE version they package with their installer) c
by foepys 8y ago
Wasn't Kotlin introduced because Android was still stuck in Java 6? IntelliJ is running on JRE9 (a more or less LTE version they package with their installer) currently, afaik, while Android supports Java 7 and only some Java 8 features.
- shemnon42 8y agoKotlin being used by Android was very much after the fact. In fact the first few public releases had a bug that made it unusable on Android.