Android Studio 3.0 brings support for Kotlin, Java 8, and Instant Apps

Google’s Android Studio 3.0 dev environment has just become available in the stable channel, with a few major changes and a bunch of small ones – the most notable being built-in support for Kotlin and Java 8. Google first announced that it would bake Kotlin compatibility into Android Studio back in May at its IO conference, and it’s nice to see that it’s finally here for everyone to play with. The open-source language allows for easier development with more concise code,