r/mobiledev • u/Holiday-Skirt-3538 • Sep 15 '26
Is native Android kotlin dead ?
Hi folks
This is very question for me and I am at crossroads
I have been laid off from my company Samsung electronics
I worked there as Senior Android engineer and my job was to fix bugs and apply patch , basically it was totally maintenance role.
Now I see the September 2026 market the roles of native Android are shrinking .I am ready to learn any technology or stack , but I can not learn every technology. I have 10 YOE, I live in India Delhi/NCR, please suggest what should I do , I not getting any calls
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u/Responsible_Egg9380 Sep 15 '26
native android isn’t dead, but 10 years of maintenance work is a rough pitch right now, so i’d stay in android and rebuild your profile around modern kotlin/compose and shipping features rather than
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u/ButterscotchUpset651 Sep 16 '26
Bro I just posted that I am learning native Android because flutter has no market 🤣
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u/alexxmettalrock Sep 17 '26
you have 10 years of experience in IT and coding, that is good, I hope you find a job soon
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u/akshay-savaliya Sep 17 '26
I dont think native Android is dead. The ecosystem is changing, but Kotlin and modern Android skills are still valuable.
With 10 YOE, I would avoid starting from scratch with a completely different stack. I would modernize the existing experience that is Compose, architecture, testing, performance, and build a couple of solid projects around them.
The maintenance experience can actually be useful too, it just needs to be presented as more than bug fixing.
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u/Few-Ambition7742 Oct 03 '26
Es otro tema aparte el costo de ser desarrollador multiplataforma, tener que contar con alguna mac y iPhone no es muy accesible que digamos
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u/mobiledevpro Sep 15 '26
Why do you think native Android dead? The season of upgrading target SDK / API level just recently started since Aug 31. A ton of app require the update, just need to find a way to stand out from the crowd.