Using Android Studio 4.2.1 with Kotlin 1.5.20 plug...

# android

[Mark]

Using Android Studio 4.2.1 with Kotlin 1.5.20 plugin. However, in my gradle scripts I still have Kotlin 1.4.32 specified. I’ve noticed, for example, that Char.toInt() is marked as deprecated so I change it to Char.code and add @OptIn(ExperimentalStdlibApi::class). This seems to work but how is that possible considering Char.code is 1.5+?

[radityagumay]

bump up the version on the gradle?

[Mark]

@radityagumay Not possible at the moment due to issues with other dependencies. I’m more interested in understanding why it works.

[radityagumay]

i don't think that would work on someone else machine which not installed 1.5.20 @Mark

[Mark]

So presumably the Kotlin version specified in the build script is not the one used to build the app?

[Dominaezzz]

Exactly. After all the build script doesn't even have to use Kotlin.