# Anko layouts on Android. Should I forget about XMLs?

DevFeed: [Anko layouts on Android. Should I forget about XMLs?](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/anko-layouts-on-android-should-i-forget-about-xmls-27132.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://antonioleiva.com/anko-layouts-android>)

Published: 2017-11-14T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Antonio Leiva](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/antonio-leiva.md>)

Topics: [Android](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android.md>), [Kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kotlin.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-development.md>), [Library](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/library.md>), [XML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/xml.md>)

Tags: [android](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android.md>), [android-development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/android-development.md>), [deprecated](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deprecated.md>), [kotlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kotlin.md>), [xml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xml.md>)

## AI overview

This article evaluates Anko layouts, a Kotlin DSL for declaring Android views without XML. Based on converting the views in the Bandhook-Kotlin repository, the author finds Anko layouts intuitive and clean for simple examples but would not use them instead of XML.

## Source excerpt

Everything Android, Kotlin and other random topics