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Re:Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app... by jordanpg on Wednesday May 08, 2019 @11:42AM (#19859930)
I think the rebranding of Intellij IDEA as Android Studio in 2013 was a good clue of where Google's long term plans were pointed.
Re:Kotlin is now Google’s preferred language for Android app... by ionised on Thursday May 09, 2019 @07:36AM (#19867218)
It's not a rebranding. IntelliJ IDEA is still IntelliJ IDEA and is still owned by Jet Brains.

Android Studio is just Google's own version of it.