Because AWT was not suited for the needs of Android. On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Videoguy <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just wondering why Android team decide to build GUI sub system not > based on java.awt framework. I understand Swing might be too big. But > underneath Swing, you got basic AWT framework that allows you build > your own lightweight GUI frameworks. > The android.view classes could have been based off of > java.awt.Component (and Container etc). Instead they are built from > scratch without any reference to AWT classes. > I am wondering what the reason was behind this design. > > Thanks > Videoguy > > >
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