> but Google is hellbent on the XML usage if you’re building with Android Framework That said, folks rarely use the GUI editor for Android XML and managing mer

> but Google is hellbent on the XML usage if you’re building with Android Framework That said, folks rarely use the GUI editor for Android XML and managing merges isn't as painful, or really painful at all, when compared to XIBs/storyboards. Also, as you mentioned, Jetpack Compose obviates that and every new Android view should use it IMO.