Disclaimer: not sure if this the correct channel for my question... I have an older android project with numerous dependencies that I, as of yet, have been able to get past Gradle 3.3. When I attempt to build a new class using Kotlin and Android Studio offers to update my Gradle dependencies I get an error that I need Gradle version 4.9 or higher. So, is there a way to add Kotlin support to my project independent of Gradle? Or is there another workaround? I would love to develop with Kotlin as I work on cleaning up the codes dependencies and navigate to newer versions of Android Studio and Gradle.

seems like you have technical debt you need to take care of before adopting kotlin is really practical

I totally agree with Shawn. First step is to get your project working on a newer Kotlin, and get rid of that tech debt. Then consider adding new technology. As the new technology will potentially introduce it's own issues, and you won't know if it's the old, or the new. And often the 'solution' is to upgrade something, so if you can't upgrade, you could end up in a Catch-22...