I have yet to see a UI where an on-off switch is translucent or do you mean 
only the thumb? 
It's possible to implement everything in the graphics layer but it's 100 
times harder than just adding a component or making an improvement to the 
theme/gui builder. You need to implement it 5x in native and test it on 
multiple device versions, plus unit testing, regressions and performance. 
All the other stuff you just do in Java in the simulator. 

Sure some developers notice it and it's a problem. But we don't implement 
low level stuff for its own reward. We implement it based on requirements. 
E.g. we have perspective transform which doesn't exist in JavaSE and was a 
hell of a problem to implement properly. We needed it to represent some 
effects that are common in iOS e.g. the Spinner/Picker and album cover 
interfaces. So in that sense it was worth adding this feature. 

I look through the support and issue tracker every day, I know what people 
are asking for. You are arguing that we get the requests based on the 
product we have which is totally possible. But from my experience the "if 
you build it they will come" mantra is bullshit. I'd rather address the 
issues that are easier to address from the people who are asking for them.

E.g. in this thread you're asking for porter duff which is great, if you 
have a partial PR we can work to add that. But Dave is asking for something 
completely different and the next guy around will ask for something 
completely different. I'd rather put the effort into getting the damn 
on-off switch working properly.

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