[mihael]

Yes, exactly. SwifDroid automatically wires all the necessary Gradle dependencies, so you don’t have to manage them manually.

[nicoburns]

Does it still ultimately call into gradle to perform the build?

[mihael]

Yes, since we need Gradle dependencies in order to build rich UI with AndroidX or Material Design. But if you're interested in a minimal approach without Gradle, check out the example by @purpln here: https://github.com/purpln/android-example