Apple’s Swift programming language is now being officially extended to support Android app development through the establishment of a dedicated Android Working Group within the Swift open-source project.
Originally introduced by Apple in 2014 as a modern programming language for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS, Swift has since expanded to include official support for Linux and Windows. The Swift project this week announced a formal effort to support Android as a target platform, enabling developers to use Swift to build applications for Google’s mobile operating system using official tooling and infrastructure.
According to the Swift forums, the Android Working Group’s charter outlines a clear set of responsibilities aimed at integrating Android into Swift’s officially supported platform ecosystem. These include ensuring Swift can be compiled and run on Android without relying on unofficial forks or downstream modifications, enhancing Swift’s standard libraries for better compatibility with Android APIs, and introducing native tools and workflows for developers targeting Android using Swift.
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