Hello everyone , we are kicking off a new year, and I don’t want to miss this chance to share with you an article titled Modern Android Developmentin its 2024 version. ?

If you missed my previous article, you can take a look at Modern Android Development in 2023 and review the changes for this year

Disclaimer

? This article reflects my personal opinions and professional insights, considering diverse viewpoints within the Android developer community. Additionally, I regularly review the guidelines presented by Google for Android.

? It is crucial to emphasize that while I may not explicitly mention certain compelling tools, patterns, and architectures, this omission does not negate their potential as valuable alternatives for developing Android applications.

Use Kotlin everywhere ??

Kotlin is a programming language developed by JetBrains. Recommended by Google who officially announced it in May 2017 (see publication here). It is a modern programming language that has compatibility with Java and can run on the JVM, which has made its adoption in the development of Android applications very fast.

Whether you are new to Android or not, you should consider Kotlin as your first choice, don’t swim against the tide , Google announced this approach at Google I/O 2019. With Kotlin, you will be able to use all the features of a modern language, including the power of Coroutines and the use of modern libraries developed for the Android ecosystem.

Official kotlin documentation here

Kotlin is a multipurpose language that we can use not only for developing Android applications, although much of its popularity has been due to the latter, as we can see in the following graph.