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Kotlin 1.4-M3: Generating Default Methods in Interfaces

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In Kotlin 1.4, we’re adding new experimental ways for generating default methods in interfaces in the bytecode for the Java 8 target. Later, we’re going to be deprecating the @JvmDefault annotation in favor of generating all the method bodies in interfaces directly when the code is compiled in a special mode. Read more details of how it currently works and what will change, below. In Kotlin, you

Svetlana Isakova Svetlana Isakova

Kotlin 1.4-M2 Released

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Time flies, and today we want to present a few more powerful features of Kotlin 1.4 for your preview. Learn what Kotlin 1.4-M2 has in store, try it, and enjoy its features before they are officially released in Kotlin 1.4. We thank all of you who tried our first preview of Kotlin 1.4, shared your feedback, and helped make Kotlin better! Also many thanks to those who have already tried Kotlin 1

Ekaterina Volodko Ekaterina Volodko

First Look at Kotlin 1.4-M2: Standard Library Improvements

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We keep working on Kotlin 1.4 and the next preview 1.4-M2 is just around the corner. Right now we’re ready to unveil some improvements from this preview; in this post, we’ll get you acquainted with the standard library changes. Here are some key improvements in the standard library in 1.4-M2: Changes to the existing API like updating signatures and introducing new constants More functions in

Pavel Semyonov Pavel Semyonov

Kotlin 1.2 M2 is out

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We're happy to announce the second milestone release for Kotlin 1.2. The primary focus of this release is concerned with stability and bugfixes in Kotlin compiler and tooling as well as improvements of Kotlin standard library. It also includes many of the tooling features available in the upcoming release of Kotlin 1.1.4. We appreciate your feedback regarding the new features or any problems that

Alexey Sedunov Alexey Sedunov

Early access program for Kotlin 1.2 has been started

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We're excited to announce the start of the early access program for Kotlin 1.2: today its first milestone release 1.2-M1 is out. This release enables by default new language features that were previously available in 1.1.x releases under experimental 1.2 language version setting. Also in the standard library you can preview the new API. The complete though not so big list of changes in this rele

Ilya Gorbunov Ilya Gorbunov

Kotlin 1.1-M04 is here!

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We are glad to present you the fourth milestone of the upcoming Kotlin release. We're wrapping up the development of the version 1.1, with the final release planned for Q1 2017. Most features are already in decent shape, so it is a good time to try it and give us your feedback. We will appreciate it a lot! As with other milestone releases, we give no backwards compatibility guarantees for new lan

Ilya Chernikov Ilya Chernikov

Kotlin 1.1-M03 is here!

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We are pleased to announce the third milestone of the upcoming Kotlin 1.1. This release brings new language features as well as improvements and fixes in the JavaScript backend, compiler and IDEA plugin. The new release also includes all tooling features introduced in Kotlin 1.0.5, and is compatible with IntelliJ IDEA 2016.3 EAP and Android Studio 2.2 and 2.3. As with other milestone releases, we

Ilya Chernikov Ilya Chernikov