Android N Java 8 features (Jack compiler) and Kotlin interop

Question

Update 3. KOTLIN IS NOW OFFICIALLY SUPPORTED FOR ANDROID DEVELOPMENT. BY GOOGLE. YAAAAAAAAS!

Update 2: It looks like JetBrains is r

Answer 1

According to the Kotlin blog, release 1.1-beta2 New Features section:

Support for building Android projects when the Jack toolchain is enabled (jackOptions { true });