Android data-binding (similar to WPF)?

Question

I have searched for some similar questions before posting - however I have a general question when it comes to Android and data binding (and the other answers I check did no

Answer 1

Since you first asked your question, the landscape has changed a lot.
Most importantly Stuart Lodge gave us MVVMCross.

This project provides a cross-platform mvvm mobile development framework built on top of Silverlight for WP7, Mono for Android and MonoTouch for iOS, and the WinRT XAML framework for Windows 8 Store applications This project makes extensive use of Portable Class Libraries to provide maintainable cross platform C# native applications.

It provides data binding in your Views against ViewModels

For example, it enables the following:

Resources:

Github Page: https://github.com/slodge/MvvmCross

Presentation: http://slodge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/mvvmcross-video-presentation-xaminar.html

And a very good introductional tutorial: Building Android Apps with MVVM and Data Binding