IIT Bombay has rolled out applications for the free online course on Android App Development using Kotlin. Kotlin has emerged as one of the popular open-source programming languages for developing Android apps that are built by JetBrains and run-on Java Virtual Machine.

The course includes 10 audio-video spoken tutorials for which candidates can register on SWAYAN platforms. It is an All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) approved course that will be conducted by Professor Kannan M Moudgalya, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. This is well-suited for undergraduate and postgraduate students for 8 weeks.

Software Requirements needed for the free online course:

• Java should be installed on the system to have deep interoperability for Kotlin with Java.
• Laptop configurations should be the specifications as mentioned on the https://developer.android.com/studio/.
• Candidates must follow the tutorial - “Getting started with Hello World app” that will help in understanding how to set up on an Android phone.
• Constant internet connection while building and installing the project.