if I could write haskell and build an android app without having to be an expert in both haskell and low level android sdk/ndk, I'd be happy to learn it properly.
replyDoesn't that "just" require C FFI of the NDK? Sounds like a headache.
reply> Sounds like a headache.
replyIt is! (https://github.com/cnlohr/rawdrawandroid) - and that's just writing a simple an android app in C. If you want to access the numerous APIs to do anything useful, it's more pain.