At the Texas Linux Fest, there was a great talk that reviewed non-Java ways of programming on Android: http://texaslinuxfest.org/sessions/decaffeinated-robot-d

At the Texas Linux Fest, there was a great talk that reviewed non-Java ways of programming on Android: http://texaslinuxfest.org/sessions/decaffeinated-robot-developing-android-without-java http://texaslinuxfest.org/sessions/decaffeinated-robot-devel... http://www.deepbluelambda.org/events/live/decaffeinated-robot-source-slides-and-audio http://www.deepbluelambda.org/events/live/decaffeinated-robo... There are some comparisons of code size for the different languages and environments. That was probably the most informative talk I attended at the Linux Fest.