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Upgrade the Kotlin plugin

Upgrade the Kotlin plugin - Android Tutorial

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Upgrade the Kotlin plugin

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- [Instructor] When working with Kotlin in Android Studio, we'll periodically need to upgrade the Kotlin Gradle plugin. You'll know it's time when you see a notification pop up in the lower right corner of your IDE, or if you navigate to Android Studio, preferences, languages and frameworks, and then Kotlin, from here, depending on the channel that you have selected, you'll see text informing you if a new version is available. I'm using the early access preview channel. This means that I get to try out the latest Kotlin features that are almost ready for stable release. You however may want to stick with the stable channel. At any rate, the process for updating the plugin is the same. Let's click on the install button, and then we'll have the new version of the plugin downloaded. Once that's done, we'll have to restart Android Studio. So let's click on OK, and then click on restart to activate plugin updates. Now, at this…

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