title: Why Android uses Ints instead of Enums
body: <p>Reading about Android I can see many parts of the framework using <code>int</code> constants for a return value, or configuration value (<a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/app/Service.html#START_REDELIVER_INTENT" rel="nofollow noreferrer">like in here</a> in the <code>START_REDELIVER_INTENT</code>), instead of an <code>enum</code>, which as far as I know is a better option for many reasons that can be found all around the web, <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9254637/java-enum-vs-int">like this</a>. </p>
  
  <p>So this makes me wonder...why Google decided to use so many <code>int's</code> instead of <code>enum's</code>?</p>