Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin

Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin by spullara on Saturday December 21, 2024 @07:45PM (#42483560)

This seems like a huge waste of time unless they expect Google to deprecate Java on Android - which isn't impossible.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin by politelemon on Saturday December 21, 2024 @07:49PM (#42483580)

Some of the newer material libraries are kotlin only. It does seem to be happening.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin by wg0 on Saturday December 21, 2024 @08:20PM (#42483724)

Kotlin can't be called from Java land?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin by senorrib on Saturday December 21, 2024 @09:08PM (#42483913)

It can.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin by kalind on Sunday December 22, 2024 @10:14AM (#42486830)

Jetpack Compose cannot be written in Java because it relies on a Kotlin compiler plugin to transform composable functions.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin by jillesvangurp on Sunday December 22, 2024 @02:08PM (#42488348)

With some limitations. Mostly writing Kotlin code that is a used friendly enough for Java developers requires a bit of extra effort. It's not something that a lot of Kotlin developers waste time on.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Translating 10M lines of Java to Kotlin by lawgimenez on Sunday December 22, 2024 @02:20AM (#42484881)

You can’t use Jetpack Compose with Java.

[ Parent | on HN ]