Boy, I sure agree with everything he says in principle. I certainly prefer to do layout work directly in the XML where possible. But I can't help but wonder if this approach will hamper the Android Market ecosystem. How many great designers out there can work directly in XML? I know there are quite a few, but how many people are they excluding that could otherwise put out some great apps for the market?
The flip side of the coin is maybe it's better to exclude shops that can't work directly in the XML because that will increase the quality of the apps available. Interesting.