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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