Apple's Swift programming language now officially supports native Android app development. This new capability comes with Swift 6.3, which ships an officially maintained SDK and toolchain for Android.

The latest Swift 6.3 update introduces the first official Swift SDK for Android. This allows developers to build native Android apps or integrate Swift code into existing Kotlin/Java projects. The ...

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The Swift Android workgroup has announced nightly preview releases of the Swift SDK for Android, a tool kit for developing Android mobile applications with Apple’s Swift language. Instructions for ...

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Kotlin is a modern language that has seen a groundswell of developer enthusiasm over the last few years. This popularity is thanks in large part to its highly expressive syntax, which includes ...

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched by Apple in 2014 — although it had secretly been in development since 2010.