Openhab-android: Use Kotlin?

Created on 28 Oct 2017 · 7Comments · Source: openhab/openhab-android

Hi all,

What are the thoughts on using Kotlin in this app? I've got a few things that I'd like to contribute, and I'm a big fan of Kotlin. Would love to use it on the new features.

Thoughts?

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holmes

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Feel free to send a PR with Kotlin :)

mueller-ma on 21 Dec 2017

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Hey @holmes,

I just have read some articles about the advantages of Kotlin and it looks very nice. Adding kotlin support can be done by Android Studio automaticly and adds 4 lines, so thats not the problem. However I don't know how many people can read/write Kotlin and I don't think its a good idea to mix both languages (not from a technical aspect, but from understanding the code).

Would love to use it on the new features.

About what features are you talking?

mueller-ma on 28 Oct 2017

As to features: the first one I'd like to add is App Shortcuts for the various sitemaps.

As to Kotlin: I use it professionally in a mixed Java/Kotlin environment and it works great. Kotlin is a great future and I think you'll find a lot of developers would like to work with it. Especially those that don't get a chance to do it in their day jovs.
With the native support that Android Studio has switching between Kotlin & Java is actually pretty easy.

Please re-think green-flagging Kotlin. I think it'd be a great opportunity for the community.

holmes on 29 Oct 2017

the first one I'd like to add is App Shortcuts for the various sitemaps.

Please have a look at #392. Sitemaps are not ment to be a navigation elemtent.
Also look at #334 for a better usage of shortcuts.

@digitaldan Whats your opinion of Kotlin?

mueller-ma on 29 Oct 2017

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I don't get a vote here, but I would be pro mixing kotlin into the code base. In my experience mixing java with kotlin works well and lets you get a lot of the kotlin benefit.