Android programming and levels of abstraction

Here (on G+) is a thoughtful little essay by an iOS dev who's bought an Android. His own tl;dr is this: "within a few days of iOS programming, I had a working app. Within a few days of Android programming I was just beginning to understand the abstractions."

And his overall prescription is that Android, while it lets you do a lot more, makes you work harder for it: "We need more abstractions to get us (app developers) up and running in less time, with 95% accuracy."

And I'll bet you see the solution I would have in mind if I had the time to devote to it, can't you?