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As a python developer, what language is the easiest and closest when it comes to building mobile apps?

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Rusty Shackleford@programming.dev
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I know I should just look this up, but I’ll ask anyway.

Back in 2013, in grad school, I remember we used Objective C for iOS and Java for Android. Can I still build compatible apk’s and iOS packages using these older language choices respectively for modern mobile OS’s or am I a dinosaur and need to get with the times (swift and kotlin)?

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roanutil_@programming.dev
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For iOS you can still use Objective C, but there are additions to platform frameworks and whole new frameworks that are Swift first. I don’t really know how hard it would be to use those APIs from Objective C. Swift is certainly the default going forward.

I don’t work on Android but my understanding is that Java hasn’t and isn’t going anywhere on Android. Kotlin is supposed to be great but I haven’t heard mention of Java being dropped.

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Hammerheart@programming.dev
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Not dropped, but google has suggested all new android projects be done with Kotlin instead

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ebits21@lemmy.ca
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You can still use either.

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