It should be noted that the Android Tools get better with every release, and that it can display and edit XML you have created. I recommend watching this video about recently shipped and upcoming functionality https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Erd2k6EKxCQ - if you only have a few seconds then watch 30 seconds starting at 22 minutes in.
Out of curiousity how do you handle "pixel perfect" layouts on iOS in the face of diversity (screen sizes, orientation, languages)? As a simple example German text is typically 25% larger than the equivalent English text.
One thing that amuses me while doing Android (Java) development is just how much of the code Eclipse writes for me. You just put in what you really want to type and then the various tools come in and "fix" it for you. This of course is an indication of just how much boilerplate there is.
Out of curiousity how do you handle "pixel perfect" layouts on iOS in the face of diversity (screen sizes, orientation, languages)? As a simple example German text is typically 25% larger than the equivalent English text.
One thing that amuses me while doing Android (Java) development is just how much of the code Eclipse writes for me. You just put in what you really want to type and then the various tools come in and "fix" it for you. This of course is an indication of just how much boilerplate there is.