Wanna develop android apps, i am a .Net developer and i know xamarin sucks a$$. So was wondering about kotlin but i wonder how close it is to c#. Any ideas on android development for a dotnet developer?

I'd suggest just learning Java or Kotlin

@joas no java man, everything but that 😋

Kotlin more like C++ or typescript

Although you could use web app "frameworks" for lack of a better word, if it fits your needs. Cordova for example. They just warp the web app in a webview application and expose bunch of APIs to it.

@joas and how do those things help a dotnet developer?

@Krokoklemme
If you can't or won't do Android development with Java, Kotlin or Xamarin, it's just another choise. Although not C#, I would imagine those how can do C# can also handle some amounts of Javascript as well. Am I wrong?

@joas again, I don't see how C# and JavaScript relate

They're completely different language

@Krokoklemme

#1. You can learn languages quite easily, they are all C-like languages so you are more than half way learning the other one if you know any other.
They got pretty much same keywords, class structure (in ES6 anyways) etc.

#2. For some reason I think Javascript is common knowledge in dev-world. Maybe I shouldn't.

#3. You can compile C# down to Javascript, if you want to. But I think it would be more tickier that way.

#4. You still have to learn the APIs whatever route you take, so I don't see why not learn a new language while you're at it.

I'm sorry if I sound like a dig, I just wanted to help.

@joas naah, you don't sound rude (I'm not trying to be that either)

But...
1: sure, you can learn the syntax easily, but writing idiomatic code is a lot harder

2: really depends on the field you're working in

3: you can compile anything to anything

4: because you're still learning the API, I think learning another language at the same time might be a bit too much for some people