Android Development with Kotlin

Anko

Anko is a library that provides a DSL to define Android views without any XML layouts. This is pretty similar to examples we've already seen, but Anko made it possible to fully remove XML layout files from a project. Here is an example view written in the Anko DSL:

    verticalLayout { 
        val name = editText() 
        button("Say Hello") { 
            onClick { toast("Hello, ${name.text}!") } 
        } 
    } 

And here is the result:

Source: https://github.com/Kotlin/anko

It is also possible to define much more complex layouts using the Anko DSL. These views can be placed either on a custom class that serves as a view or even directly inside the onCreate method:

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