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Announcing the Android Workgroup

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30 points desertmonad | 5 comments | 26 Jun 25 13:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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bestouff ◴[26 Jun 25 16:52 UTC] No.44389116[source]▶
I always found non-native apps too out-of-place. Please use Swift on iOS and Kotlin on Android.
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1. mattl ◴[26 Jun 25 19:04 UTC] No.44390313[source]▶
Swift is just a programming language, I thought?
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2. v5v3 ◴[26 Jun 25 19:42 UTC] No.44390589[source]▶
Yes.

Unless I am also mistaken, they are seeking to make a supported language to android development.

Which will save mobile devs having to learn two languages, and also allow reuse of code.

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3. mattl ◴[26 Jun 25 19:49 UTC] No.44390638[source]▶
Yeah Swift isn’t SwiftUI.
4. mhast ◴[26 Jun 25 19:55 UTC] No.44390683[source]▶
Kotlin multiplatform has been around for some time if you want that. But I guess it makes sense to be able to approach it from the other end as well if you're mainly an iOS shop.
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5. v5v3 ◴[26 Jun 25 22:25 UTC] No.44392088{3}[source]▶
It's the only approach that can be taken, as Android being open source can make Swift a first class supported language. Apple will be apple.