Termux-packages: Package request: Kotlin

[gut5]

After yesterday's news of Kotlin becoming a first-class language for Android, I think this would be nice to have.

[its-pointless]

if i remember correctly it requires the java jvm. which is not quite ready yet

[yenon]

Maybe this will work without a jvm: https://github.com/JetBrains/kotlin-native/

[addisaden]

+1

[vishalbiswas]

@yenon looks interesting. I'll try it.

[SDRausty]

$ pacman -Ss kotlin
community/kotlin 1.2.21-1
    The Kotlin programming language

This search available packages command reveals that kotlin is available on device in Arch Linux Termux PRoot among 8409 Arch Linux packages available today.

$ pacman -S kotlin
resolving dependencies...
:: There are 2 providers available for java-environment>=8:
:: Repository extra
   1) jdk8-openjdk  2) jdk9-openjdk

Enter a number (default=1): 1
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (24) hicolor-icon-theme-0.17-1  java-environment-common-3-1  java-runtime-common-3-1
              jdk8-openjdk-8.u111-1  jre8-openjdk-8.u111-1  jre8-openjdk-headless-8.u111-1
              kbproto-1.0.7-1  libice-1.0.9-2  libsm-1.2.2-2  libx11-1.6.5-1  libxau-1.0.8-3
              libxcb-1.12-1  libxdmcp-1.1.2-1  libxext-1.3.3-1  libxmu-1.1.2-1  libxt-1.1.5-1
              nspr-4.18-1  nss-3.35-1  xcb-proto-1.12-3  xdg-utils-1.1.2-1  xextproto-7.3.0-1
              xorg-xset-1.2.3-1  xproto-7.0.31-1  kotlin-1.2.21-1

Total Download Size:    66.88 MiB
Total Installed Size:  187.70 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

The install a package pacman command shows that this is a serious install. Enjoy kotlin and more than eighty four hundred packages on device in Arch Linux in Termux PRoot 🎼🎶

[AnikHasibul]

Still any hope in termux package repo?

[its-pointless]

It works as well as java sdk does. Just tried it then and compiled hello world. The openjdk package is disabled because it doesn't work that well.

[hyperpallium]

The kotlin compiler needs invokedynamic (Kotlin compiler on android), which is a Java 8 feature only available in android 8 (`invokedynamic` on android sdk<26 (Oreo)?).

So, it "should" work on android 8 - perhaps someone could try this?
It only requires java 8 starting from 1.1.2 - perhaps <1.1.2 will work?

[pycadelic]

Any progress with making available a kotlin package natively for termux, without arch?

Even if it works only on android 8+, it would be a good addition.