# Kotlin is now officially the primary language for Android

**URL:** <https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-is-now-officially-the-primary-language-for-android/12628>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [May 7, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-is-now-officially-the-primary-language-for-android/12628 "2019-05-07T20:40:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![medium](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discuss.kotlinlang.org/medium/32/10404_2.png) [@medium](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/u/medium)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/kotlin-is-now-officially-the-primary-language-for-android/12628/1 "2019-05-07T20:40:04Z")

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