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It's not necessary for Java, the Android APIs are just horribly written, and the notification is a lot more involved than you'd think because it ties into how the OOM treats your app and the intent system

I think I get why the notification stuff is so complicated (there's a lot of stuff going on, after all!)

It always feels like Android shipped with the low-level API but forgot to provider a higher-level API for the 95% case

frp on the front end varies widely. it's trending towards a true vision but something like Cycle hasn't completely enveloped the mainstream's mind. IMHO, Microsoft and FB need to lead the way on this complete transition on the web

Check out Litho, it's built around the principles of declarative APIs and one way data flow with immutable props. Definitely taking inspiration from React.

There is an Anko for Kotlin, that is much more mature and was before Litho