Apple Meets Android: Swift Programming Language Gets an Android SDK

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android marks new territory in cross-platform development with Apple's ...
Computerworld

Scala: The Android programming language you didn’t know you had

Scala, a statically typed language running atop the Java Virtual Machine, is emerging as a development option for building Google Android applications. While developers already are aware of Java and ...

Android developers can now make apps using Apple's Swift

Apple's Swift programming language can now be used to develop for Android, and share code with iOS apps. Swift was launched ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: Why Meta is moving its Android apps from Java to Kotlin

Engineers at Facebook parent Meta have detailed their multi-year effort to convert the codebases for its numerous Android apps from the Java programming language over to Kotlin. That's a large task ...
MalaysianWireless

Swift SDK Lets Apple Apps Run on Android

Developers can now build native Android apps in Swift using official tools, marking a major step for cross-platform ...
TalkAndroid on MSN

iOS apps are about to run much easier on Android — here’s why it’s a big deal

A quiet but game-changing shift is underway in mobile development. Thanks to a new update, developers may soon find it ...
Infosecurity-magazine.com

Google Increases Android Security With Memory-Safe Programming Languages

The annual number of memory safety vulnerabilities in Android dropped from 223 in 2019 to 85 in 2022 as Google gradually transitioned towards memory-safe languages. The tech giant made the ...
ZDNet

Programming languages: How Google is using Rust to reduce memory safety vulnerabilities in Android

Google's decision to use Rust for new code in Android in order to reduce memory-related flaws appears to be paying off. Memory safety vulnerabilities in Android have been more than halved – a ...