How to edit an existing apk with Java code?

[Strayan_Hades]

Hi,

 

I'm currently being study the Kotlin code language to develop apps in android studio. 

 

I discovered an issue with an app on my tablet which I want to try and fix. But the problem is that the code is in Java and I want to be able to translate it into Kotlin so it is more compatible with android studio and my current knowledge.

 

Any help on this would be great.

 

Cheers.

 

[BobVonBob]

IntelliJ has a Java to Kotlin converter, it works best on IntelliJ IDEA but there is an online version. However you can't go the other direction.

https://try.kotlinlang.org/#/Kotlin Koans/Introduction/Java to Kotlin conversion/Task.kt

[Sauron]

On 2/17/2019 at 12:00 AM, BobVonBob said:

IntelliJ has a Java to Kotlin converter, it works best on IntelliJ IDEA but there is an online version. However you can't go the other direction.

https://try.kotlinlang.org/#/Kotlin Koans/Introduction/Java to Kotlin conversion/Task.kt

I should add that the kotlin converter doesn't always work very well, especially on complex apps. I suggest just using the java code, it's not that different and OP won't need to lose their mind if the conversion causes problems they didn't account for.

On 2/16/2019 at 11:49 PM, Strayan_Bass said:

so it is more compatible with android studio

Java is 100% compatible with Android Studio, which was originally designed for Java code.