Can I use third party java libraries(.jar) for Android development with Kotlin?

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I haven't moved to Kotlin for Android development yet, just wondering if Kotlin supports the available third party libraries for Android as is or they need to be updated in order to work with Kotlin?

You can use any existing Java library with Kotlin, same as you would with Java. — zsmb13, Jun 10 '17 at 10:26

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '17 at 15:36

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Of course you can do that, see the examples :

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/java-interop.html

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/java-to-kotlin-interop.html

edited Jun 10 '17 at 15:36

Kirill Rakhman

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answered Jun 10 '17 at 10:51

Ajeet Choudhary

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 10:50

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Yes, as Kotlin is 100% interoperable with Java, and both works on JVM. so one can easily use Java libraries with Kotlin.

Please refer this.

answered Jun 10 '17 at 10:50

Ronak Thakkar

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 10 '17 at 10:30

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yes, Kotlin is fully interoperable with Java

answered Jun 10 '17 at 10:30

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Can I use third party java libraries(.jar) for Android development with Kotlin?

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