Yes there are a lot of similarities.
I write in Andorid, the XML design feels like HTML4 in relation to
what we can do in MXML. Not to mention tricks and optimizations that
we do, like inline, data binding.
Creating/including custom components in Android XML is a pain. Imagine
with Flex and it's MXML. They also have layout includes and other
optimizations.
Just the ability to wrangle Androids most principled and basic design
patterns in an easy to use Flex template/components.
What I have not thought about what so ever is how the build works, but
that's just another step.
Man, you could just use Flex to create full templates for android
dynamically based on mxml. The ideas are limitless when you think
about how abstract we could make Flex and MXML.
Mike
Quoting Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com>:
Hi,
I think it's an is a worth exploring. There is a similarity between
MXML and Android's XML group views and at first glance looks like
something is certainly possible in that direction. Also android does
have some interesting layout concepts (gravity and weight for
instance) which make it far easier to make screen independent and
density independent applications. Perhaps some of those ideas can
flow back into the Flex SDK? For instance it would be fairly
straight forward to make a Flex vertical or horizontal layout that
supported weight (it's similar to % width I know).
Thanks,
Justin
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