The reason why the style attribute does not use the android: namespace space prefix

Question

On Android, the reason the style attribute doesn't use the android: namespace space prefix?

See how style doesn't start with android: :? Does anyone know why?

 <TextView android:layout_width="fill_parent" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:text="I Love Android!" style="@android:style/TextAppearance.Large" /> 

http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/ui/themes.html

Thanks!

Answer 1

In the documentation:

Note. The style attribute does not use the android: namespace space prefix.

The reason style does not use the android namespace prefix because it is part of the stock XML attributes.