[fighting]

They really should have stuck with int main. What's unfortunate is the quantum leaps they've been taking in terms of complexity to just get an app up and running on their platform. But I guess that's the only way their engineers can justify their salaries/bonuses. Same as with that horrific nightmare of an app Facebook puts out.

[mondoshawan]

What would staying with the main entry point solve, aside from being familiar?

Your application would still have to directly manage binder callbacks and register for lifecycle events. Re-using the old Java/POSIX entry point actually increases the complexity significantly.