Swift coding language now supports Android with the latest release

About a year after the effort was announced, Swift, an Apple-developed coding language, launched support for Android.

With the Swift 6.3 update released earlier this year, came the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android. Developers can now start building native Android apps in Swift, while also updating existing Swift projects to support building for Android.

Swift’s latest changelog explains:

Swift 6.3 contains the first official release of the Swift SDK for Android. With this SDK, you can start developing native Android apps in Swift, update and use your Swift packages to support building for Android. Fast Java and Swift Java JNI Core Integrating Swift code into existing Android apps written in Kotlin/Java. This is a significant milestone that opens up new opportunities for cross-platform development in Swift.

As Changelong points out, this opens up “new opportunities for cross-platform development.” In theory, this should allow easier development of Android apps based on their iOS counterparts.

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Kotlin is still the primary coding language for Android, but the addition of Swift is interesting nonetheless. More details Available on the Swift website.