Kotlin for a new application for stock management?

Question

I am searching a new language/framework for a v2 of a old app we have in my company, for stock management, and I was wondering if Kotlin could do the work.

Basically, we get a view to add stock or an other one to consume stock, by scanning data-matrix code.

We're using professional devices like the Honeywell EDA51 with a scan button on the side, which is just like a keyboard : you click on an input in the app, you press the physical scan button, you get the result in string format.

I'd like to ask the Kotlin and Android dev community about the feasibility of a specific behaviour :

• We'd want the keyboard to stay hidden while we scan,
• hide the input field if possible
• by default, always stay focused on the input (autofocus)
• re-focus if the input gets un-focused

So, is this something that seem possible in Kotlin?

We currently have very few experience with Kotlin, so it's just too soon to tell by ourselves.

Thanks!

Answer 1

All this is possible with Kotlin, yes. Anything you've ever seen an Android app do can be done in Kotlin.

• https://developer.android.com/reference/kotlin/android/view/inputmethod/InputMethodManager

The limitations you need to consider are hardware and SDK limitations. Check the docs on the Honeywell EDA51 to see if there is an Android (Kotlin or Java) compatible SDK.