Google’s Go language, which is centered on developer productivity and concurrent programming, can now be officially used for Android application development.
The capability is new in version 1.4, released this week. “The most notable new feature in this release is official support for Android. Using the support in the core and the libraries in the golang.org/x/mobile repository, it is now possible to write simple Android apps using only Go code,” said Andrew Gerrand, lead on the Google Cloud Platform developer relations team, in a blog post. “At this stage, the support libraries are still nascent and under heavy development. Early adopters should expect a bumpy ride, but we welcome the community to get involved.”