If you don't want to learn Java there are alternative SDKs for Android. Corona uses the Lua programming language and it is ideal for writing mobile games.

Java is a great language for game programming, as I hope my book demonstrates." "Killer Game Programming in Java" is a guide to everything you need to know to program bad-ass Java games.

There's more than one way to make an Android game! In this post, I take a look at creating 2D sprite-based games with Java and Android Studio.

Google I/O: Kotlin, a popular new language for mobile platforms that's compatible with Java, is now officially supported on Android.

Are the days of Java’s rule over Android apps coming to an end? Google announced official support for the Kotlin programming language in May 2017 at its annual I/O developer conference. The ...

Google releases Android programming tools The software developer kit will let programmers create Java software for real or emulated Android mobile phones. Plus: a $10 million contest for coders.

James Gosling, the father of Java, one of the world's most widely used programming languages, has talked with research scientist Lex Fridman about Java's origins and his motivations for creating a ...

Kotlin offers big advantages over Java for JVM and Android development, and plays nicely with Java in the same projects.

While it includes C and C++ APIs, most game development is done in C++, which provides a high-performance, close-to-the-metal alternative to stalwart Android programming languages Kotlin and Java.

Swift is not likely to replace Kotlin or Java on Android in the near future, but some developers may find it useful for cross-platform projects.