[raydev]

Android Studio (before Jetpack Compose) split the difference and offered easily editable/readable XML with textual autocomplete AND a visual editor. I much preferred that after having spent years working in Xcode's Interface Builder.

xibs and storyboards were also XML but IB would insert attributes that had no visual impact, move lines of XML around simply upon opening the file, or randomly change x/y values of the viewport upon opening the file, or update float values to use 15 decimal places instead of 2, and so on. Apple's insistence on making the visual editor have priority over text led to a worse developer experience as teams grew.