[EddieRingle]

> It was my understanding the XML was compiled into a binary format for faster parsing on device, am I wrong on that?

That's correct, but it still requires the additional overhead of parsing the compiled resources and using reflection to instantiate Views. Anko instantiates Views directly.

[jarofgreen]

So, Anko builds views up dynamically in Java only? Interesting - is there any stats on how much faster this actually is?