And this is just horrible amount of indirection…

return viewFactory(V::class.java

You have not seen how xml works under the hood

I've seen, of course. AppCompat LayoutInflater Factory switches on class name which makes tree shaking extremely problematic,

viewFactory

looks very similarly at this point.

If you have a better idea that supports theming and doesn't make the API more complicated, please open an issue.

🤷‍♂️ I just don't use theming so I will only complain unconstructively.