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Hey, there.

I'm still Ben and we're still learning about Kotlin.

But at this point,

I think you've learned enough Kotlin that we can start learning about Anko.

Anko is a library which makes Android development faster and easier.

It makes your code clean and easy to read and

let's you forget about the rough edges of the Android SDK.

More specifically, Anko gives us a way to define our layouts and

code instead of XML.

With Anko we can greatly simplify our projects and

enjoy much easier code reuse with our layouts.

It's great stuff and I'm sure you'll love it.

But before we get any further, a quick warning.

At the moment Anko has yet to reach version 1.0.

And while there are a bunch of Android companies already using Kotlan or

at least looking into it, there aren't as many using Anko.

That said, just like Kotlan, Anko comes to us from Jetbrains.

So even though it's not as widespread as something like RxJava,

I'm not too concerned about it becoming obsolete anytime soon.

Another thing to keep in mind is that using Anko, or even Kotlan for

that matter, is just another way to make an Android app.

I'm not here to tell you that one way is better than another, but

I do think Anko's pretty cool.

Now, before we can really sink our teeth into Anko,

we'll need to have an Android project.

And that Android project, will need to be all set up with Kotlan.

So whenever you're ready, join me in the next video and we’ll do just that.