Considering the fact that Java has been ruling the Android world for decades, the presence of other languages did not pose a significant impact on the existence of Java.

However, after the preview of Android Studio 3.0, Google has acknowledged Kotlin as one of the emerging languages in the domain of Android app development.

While the world was oscillating between native apps and web apps, Google made an epic announcement at I/O developer conference pertaining to Android Instant Apps. 

The onset of a whole new way to use Google apps without having the need to download one. It stepped into the industry in May 2016 and since then continues to grow as the company is now performing a live test with BuzzFeed, Viki, Periscope etc.