title: Pure functional programming on android
body: <p>Are there any advancements in this area? I want to be able to write purely functional code on Android in Haskell or similar languages. I've tried some examples with Scala but it seems to be a pain to get started. Are there any other functional JVM languages which I can use to write Android applications?</p>
  
  <p>Edit: functional languages that write native android applications. My mistake about the JVM. </p>