Hi, is it easy to port an old Android project like...

# android

[Giulio]

Hi, is it easy to port an old Android project like this (see refs below) to Kotlin?
https://github.com/giuliohome/TweetSearch
What is the suggested way to approach this task? Thank you 👏

I mean: is there a method to minimize the "code rewrite"?

[maciekjanusz]

First you should port it from ADT to Gradle

[maciekjanusz]

Then make sure you’re on latest build tools and everything works as is

[maciekjanusz]

And then, try going through your code and working with automated Java to Kotlin conversion (AS Kotlin plugin feature)

[Giulio]

Thank you @maciekjanusz! What about the first step (porting to Gradle). It looks a bit tricky, isn't it? Do you suggest a tutorial or a link about this or any other more specific comments?

[maciekjanusz]

see https://developer.android.com/studio/intro/migrate.html

[maciekjanusz]

cannot help much more, I was fortunate enough to never have used ADT

[Giulio]

yes, I was looking at that, but it's rather intimidating. There was no gradle at that time and adt was the way to go... 😐 Thanks for your kind replies! See you next time

[maciekjanusz]

good luck 👍