# How do I get started with kotlin for android development?

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-kotlin-for-android-development/2759>\
**Category:** Android\
**Created:** [May 21, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-kotlin-for-android-development/2759 "2017-05-21T21:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![pdragos66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@pdragos66](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/pdragos66)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-kotlin-for-android-development/2759/1 "2017-05-21T21:50:20Z")

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Hey I’ve been developing android apps with Java for a couple of months now. What’s the best way of getting started with kotlin and learning it. Any good guides online or any documentation I could follow?

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**Author:** ![edgeone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@edgeone](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/edgeone)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-kotlin-for-android-development/2759/2 "2017-05-22T12:17:10Z")

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[http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/](http://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/)

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**Author:** ![ahmadalsharif.dev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ahmadalsharif.dev](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/ahmadalsharif.dev)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 8:22pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-kotlin-for-android-development/2759/3 "2017-05-22T20:22:23Z")

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I started a few months ago. And the language was very simple and easy to learn compared to Java so I covered almost all language features except for Reflection ( I even used tailrec which I never thought I would use it ).  
In my opinion, to start with the language check 2 or 3 videos for the Kotlin guys talking about it, then just skim through the documentation. It is all explained with examples and great things and notes.

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**Author:** ![suyashgupta25](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@suyashgupta25](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/suyashgupta25)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2017, 11:56am UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/how-do-i-get-started-with-kotlin-for-android-development/2759/4 "2017-06-02T11:56:35Z")

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Hi, you can use kotlin samples for android. Please support the repo on Github too 🙂

> **[GitHub - Talentica/AndroidWithKotlin: These are android sample projects which...](https://github.com/Talentica/AndroidWithKotlin)**
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> :rocket: These are android sample projects which are written in Kotlin. It covers video streaming, mp3 player, sqlite, location services, custom camera, o-notifications, simple compass etc. - GitHu...