Re:So you're using a weird language
by kaba0 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @01:14PM
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> and my personal experience is that Android developers like and prefer Kotlin
That is because the other option is a deliberately crippled Java from a decade ago. Also, while apps are indeed mostly written in Kotlin for android, I am fairly sure most of Google’s listed apps have a Java shared library that does the core of the functionality that is shared between backend, android, web frontend (j2cl) and ios (j2objc).
Also, don’t forget that android development is a niche, on the web backend side Java is just an incomparable bigger player.
That is because the other option is a deliberately crippled Java from a decade ago. Also, while apps are indeed mostly written in Kotlin for android, I am fairly sure most of Google’s listed apps have a Java shared library that does the core of the functionality that is shared between backend, android, web frontend (j2cl) and ios (j2objc).
Also, don’t forget that android development is a niche, on the web backend side Java is just an incomparable bigger player.