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Some folks at Square also believe xml UIs are the past and made this: <https://github.com/square/contour>
What do you think about it? Also, any thoughts relative to Splitties Views DSL?

<@U3ZLHBTLG> Thanks a lot for a link! From the first point of view looks quite promising (and much better than Compose :slightly_smiling_face: ). If talking about DSL API generations, I would mark Anko as 1st generation (too linked to Android activities, not so flexible with custom views), Splitties DSL as 2nd generation (beautiful Ui interface, out-of-box support for any custom View), and probably Contour is the 3rd generation.

<@UKU58ULKB> Is there something you prefer in Contour? Is the 3rd generation better than the 2nd :sweat_smile: ?

And things you prefer in Splitties Views DSL rather than Contour? I have to admit I didn't dug deep into it yet.

I'm impressed with the following sample:
```
leftTo { 
  if (user.name.isEmpty) parent.left()
  else nameView.right()
}
```
Also it is definitely cool to have context-aware API. That is a long lasting problem of Android views and layout parameters :slightly_smiling_face:

I didn't dig deeper as well (it looks like they are just on the way, and it is not stable enough for production). I think that Splitties is much better suited for production compared to Anko and Contour :slightly_smiling_face:
Splitties just give you better Android views, and Contour tries to provide new kind of views, with its own layout system. It definitely requires respect and honor :wink:

And this line looks ugly:
```
setTextSize(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 18f)
```

The ugly line also isn't accessibility friendly.

Took a look at their sample. I'm not convinced finally. But wish these guys good luck!