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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2018 — General Studies · Question 123 of 200

Q123
General ScienceComputer Awareness & Technology
Which among the following is the commonly used language in Android applications?
  1. a.Java
  2. b.C++
  3. c.C
  4. d.PHP

Answer: (A) Java

Android, the mobile operating system developed by Google on the Linux kernel, has traditionally used Java for app development; Google made Kotlin an official language in 2017 and its preferred language in 2019. C and C++ can be used only for special native parts of an app, and PHP is a server-side scripting language for websites. Apple's iOS apps are written in Swift or Objective-C.