{"id":6782,"date":"2023-02-01T06:54:19","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T06:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/?p=6782"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:50:23","slug":"why-to-choose-kotlin-in-2023-to-build-mobile-apps-faster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.9series.com\/blog\/why-to-choose-kotlin-in-2023-to-build-mobile-apps-faster\/","title":{"rendered":"Why to Choose Kotlin in 2023 to Build Mobile Apps Faster?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Why-Kotlin-Choose-in-2023-to-Build-Mobile-Apps-Faster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Why-Kotlin-Choose-in-2023-to-Build-Mobile-Apps-Faster.jpg\" alt=\"Why Kotlin Choose in 2023 to Build Mobile Apps Faster\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1000\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5381\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin is a programming language introduced by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">JetBrains<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, the official designer of the most intelligent Java IDE, named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jetbrains.com\/idea\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intellij IDEA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. This is a strongly statically typed language that runs on JVM. At Google I\/O 2019, we announced that Android development will be increasingly <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/kotlin\/first\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin-first<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and we\u2019ve stood by that commitment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin is an open source programming language that combines object-oriented programming and functional features into a unique platform. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>What&#8217;s new in Kotlin 1.8.0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New experimental functions for JVM: recursively copy or delete directory content<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improved kotlin-reflect performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New -Xdebug compiler option for better debugging experience<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">kotlin-stdlib-jdk7 and kotlin-stdlib-jdk8 merged into kotlin-stdlib<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improved Objective-C\/Swift interoperability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin Multiplatform<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Compatibility with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gradle.org\/7.3\/release-notes.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gradle 7.3<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Kotlin\/Native<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin 1.8.0 includes changes to Objective-C and Swift interoperability, support for Xcode 14.1, and improvements to the CocoaPods Gradle plugin:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Support for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/xcode\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Xcode 14.1<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Improved <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/library\/archive\/documentation\/Cocoa\/Conceptual\/ProgrammingWithObjectiveC\/Introduction\/Introduction.html\">Objective-C<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/swift\/\">Swift<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> interoperability<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dynamic frameworks by default in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/cocoapods.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CocoaPods<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Gradle plugin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"box-hire\" style=\"border: 1px solid #d1d1d1;padding: 20px;width: 100%;float: left;text-align: center\">\n<h5>Boost your Mobile App Development Projects by Extending your Team with our Experienced Kotlin Developers.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"book-btn-div\"><a class=\"book-btn\" style=\"color: #fff;background-color: #045de8;padding: 7px 15px;border-radius: 5px\" href=\"https:\/\/www.9series.com\/services\/startup-business-it-technical-consulting.html#get-a-free-quote\">Know More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Kotlin Multiplatform<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin Multiplatform is in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kotlinlang.org\/docs\/components-stability.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. It is almost stable, but migration steps may be required in the future. We&#8217;ll do our best to minimize any changes you have to make.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Android and iOS applications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sharing code between mobile platforms is one of the major <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kotlinlang.org\/docs\/multiplatform.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin Multiplatform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> use cases. With Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile, you can build cross-platform mobile applications and share common code between Android and iOS, such as business logic, connectivity, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out the Get started with Kotlin Multiplatform Mobile and Create a multiplatform app using Ktor and SQLDelight tutorials, where you will create applications for Android and iOS that include a module with shared code for both platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">How Kotlin Multiplatform works<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Untitled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5341\" src=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Untitled.png\" alt=\"Multiplatform works\" width=\"944\" height=\"954\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Code sharing between platforms<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Share code among all platforms used in your project. Use it for sharing the common business logic that applies to all platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Share code among some platforms included in your project but not all. Do this when you can reuse much of the code in similar platforms:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/code-in-similar-platforms.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5364\" src=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/code-in-similar-platforms.png\" alt=\"code in similar platforms\" width=\"1412\" height=\"588\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Few Things Make Easy to Use Kotlin\/Native.<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/jetpack\/compose\">Jetpack Componse<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kotlinlang.org\/docs\/coroutines-overview.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin Coroutines<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kotlinlang.org\/docs\/flow.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asynchronous Flow<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">App Architecture<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Material Design<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/kotlin\/ktx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Android KTX<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/kotlin\/learn#null-safety\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Safer code<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Support for Xcode 14.1<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kotlin\/Native compiler now supports the latest stable Xcode version, 14.1. The compatibility improvements include the following changes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There&#8217;s a new watchosDeviceArm64 preset for the watchOS target that supports Apple watchOS on ARM64 platforms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kotlin CocoaPods Gradle plugin no longer has bitcode embedding for Apple frameworks by default.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Platform libraries were updated to reflect the changes to Objective-C frameworks for Apple targets.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Kotlin\/JS<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin 1.8.0 stabilizes the JS IR compiler backend and brings new features to JavaScript-related Gradle build scripts:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stable JS IR compiler backend<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New settings for reporting that yarn.lock has been updated<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add test targets for browsers via Gradle properties<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New approach to adding CSS support to your project<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/kotlinlang.org\/docs\/whatsnew18.html#compatibility-guide-for-kotlin-1-8-0\">Compatibility guide for Kotlin 1.8.0<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kotlin 1.8.0 is a feature release and can, therefore, bring changes that are incompatible with your code written for earlier versions of the language. Find the detailed list of these changes in the Compatibility guide for Kotlin 1.8.0.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Kotlin for beginners you&#8217;ll learn<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotlin-for-beginners-youll-learn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5365\" src=\"https:\/\/9series-blog.staging9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Kotlin-for-beginners-youll-learn.png\" alt=\"Kotlin for beginners you'll learn\" width=\"1349\" height=\"311\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>The Final Words<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As a business owner, you must be knowing that one of the key factors that determine the success of an app is a programming language. As such, we have laid down solid cases for Kotlin to choose the one that best suits your requirements and helps you build powerful Mobile apps faster. You can also hire <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9series.com\/services\/mobile-app-development.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mobile app developers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9series.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">9series<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to build future-ready native Mobile applications and accelerate your development journey like never before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you for reading, give it a clap!<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feel free to get in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9series.com\/contact-us.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">touch with us.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kotlin is a programming language introduced by JetBrains, the official designer of the most intelligent Java IDE, named Intellij IDEA. 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