From my experience, when you start using Scala[1] or Ruboto[2] (which deals away with the XML and replace with friendly DSLs, at the cost of heavy load time), A

From my experience, when you start using Scala[1] or Ruboto[2] (which deals away with the XML and replace with friendly DSLs, at the cost of heavy load time), Android development can actually become a joy. [1] https://github.com/danielribeiro/HelloScalaOnAndroid https://github.com/danielribeiro/HelloScalaOnAndroid [2] https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto-core/ https://github.com/ruboto/ruboto-core/