How Meta switched Android development to Kotlin
Meta has adopted Kotlin as its new primary language for Android development — moving away from Java.
Why it matters:
Kotlin has become a popular language for Android development and offers several advantages over Java. Migrating our Android codebase to Kotlin will make our development workflows more efficient overall.
Background:
Meta’s Android repository reaches across many of our apps and technologies, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Portal, and the Quest. So shifting away from Java and over to Kotlin is not a trivial task. Converting to Kotlin also comes with some disadvantages that we had to address.
Take a deeper dive:
Learn more about how Meta’s engineers have already migrated from zero to more than 10 million lines of Kotlin
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