[occoder]

Absolutely. XML is rarely a good solution for any problem, and usually the worst.

> I’d like to do the same for Android projects, but Google is hellbent on the XML usage if you’re building with Android Framework…

For sure the Android API is oriented towards building GUIs in XML, but it's actually quite possible to build your Android GUI in Java code.

When I started developing for Android, I took a look at a few tutorials and said "no way", searched the web for how to build Android GUIs programmatically, and never looked back.