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Kickstart Kotlin

Kotlin is a programming language that offers improvements over Java such as null safety, data classes, and extension functions. It is fully interoperable with Java and can be used to build Android apps. To use Kotlin with Android Studio, developers can install the Kotlin plugin, convert Java files to Kotlin, and take advantage of Kotlin features like the elvis operator for null checks and when expressions as an alternative to switch statements.

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Kickstart Kotlin

Kotlin is a programming language that offers improvements over Java such as null safety, data classes, and extension functions. It is fully interoperable with Java and can be used to build Android apps. To use Kotlin with Android Studio, developers can install the Kotlin plugin, convert Java files to Kotlin, and take advantage of Kotlin features like the elvis operator for null checks and when expressions as an alternative to switch statements.

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Kickstart Kotlin

Zahidur Rahman Faisal


Why use Kotlin?

● Simple syntax, easy to read / write


● Powerful features from many other modern languages
● Goodbye NullPointerExceptions
● Completely interoperable with Java
● Great IDE and tooling support
● Code less, do more
● Similarity with Swift, JavaScript or Python
● Because learning is fun and JAVA is too old-school now! :)
Kickstart Kotlin

Preferences (OSX)

or Settings (Windows/Linux)

> Plugins

> Browse Repositories

> Search “Kotlin”

> Restart Android Studio


Convert your JAVA class

> Select your .java file (Ex: MainActivity.java)

> Code

> Convert Java file to Kotlin file


Goodbye NPE
var nonNullString: String = "Droidcon" var nullableString: String? = "Droidcon"
nonNullString = null // Compilation error nullableString = null // Compiles fine

val size = nullableString.length // Error:


variable 'nullableString' can be null
val size = nonNullString.length
val size = nullableString?.length // Null safe
Elvis (Presley?) to the rescue

// Returns length of the String -1 if the String is null


val size = nullableString?.length ?: -1
No insane sanity checks

class Droidcon { class Country { class Venue {


var country: Country? var venue: Venue? var location: String?
var host: String? var ticketPrice: Int var vanueName: String?
} } }

JAVA Kotlin

if (droidCon != null) { print(droidCon?.country?.venue?.location)


if (droidCon.country != null) {
if (droidCon.country.venue != null) {
... ... ...
println(droidCon.country.venue.location);
}
}
}
POJO vs Data Class

POJO Data Class

public class DroidconEvent { data class DroidconEvent(val topic: String,


var speaker: String, val time: Long)
public String topic;
public String speaker;
public long time;

public DroidconEvent(String topic, String speaker, long time) {


this.topic = topic;
this.speaker = speaker;
this.time = time;
}

}
Lazy Lambdas

JAVA Kotlin
mButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { mButton.setOnClickListener {
Toast.makeText(this, "Hello Droidcon!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
@Override
}
public void onClick(View v) {
Toast.makeText(this, "Hello Droidcon!",
Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
};
Set with “with()”

JAVA Kotlin

mTextView.setText("Hello Droidcon"); with (mTextView) {


mTextView.setTextSize(30f); text = "Hello Droidcon!"
mTextView.setTextColor(Color.WHITE); textSize = 30f
mTextView.setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK); setTextColor(Color.WHITE)
setBackgroundColor(Color.BLACK)
}
“When” is the new “Case”

when (x) {
0 -> print("x is 0") // x == 0
in 1..10 -> print("x is in the range") // x inside range 1 - 10
in validNumbers -> print("x is valid") // x is in a collection “validNumbers”
!in 10..20 -> print("x is outside the range") // x is outside range 10 - 20
else -> print("none of the above") // default case
}
Exclusive Extensions

Extension function: (for navigating to a new Activity)


fun Activity.navigateTo(activity: Activity, bundle: Bundle?) {
val intent = Intent(this, activity.javaClass)
bundle ?: intent.putExtra("bundle", bundle)
startActivity(intent)
}

Usage: (from any Activity)


navigateTo(AnotherActivity(), null)
Funny Functions: Default arguments
fun incrementSteps(currentSteps: Int, increment: Int = 1): Int {
return currentSteps + increment
}

Usage:

incrementSteps(5) // Returns 6
incrementSteps(5, 3) // Returns 8
Funny Functions: Named Arguments
fun incrementSteps(currentSteps: Int, increment: Int = 1): Int {
return currentSteps + increment
}

Usage:

incrementSteps(currentSteps = 5, increment = 2) // Returns 7


Funny Functions: Single-Expression Functions
fun doubleSteps(currentSteps: Int) = currentSteps * 2

Usage:

doubleSteps(5) // Returns 10
Funny Functions: Varargs (Variable Arguments)
fun getSum(vararg numbers: Int): Int {
var sum = 0
for (number in numbers) {
sum += number
}
return sum
}

Usage:

getSum(1, 2, 3) // Returns 6
getSum(1, 2, 3, 4, 5) // Returns 15
More Kotlin Awesomeness

https://kotlin.link

http://try.kotlinlang.org

https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlin-koans

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1289612087746759/
Thank You

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