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Which platform should we choose to build for first- Android or iOS?

This is the most popular headline of nowadays we are talking about and keep discussing but the need to answer this particular question remains. Both the platforms are come up with lots of defined features and capabilities. Youth is crazy to show off its smartphone and optimizing OS.

The product or any service is highly reliant to its target audience. And the buyers are judged on the basis of their pocket budget. Developing nation are not so strong economically, they are still under development and we are well known for the fact that smartphone really matters about lifestyle. And this thing directly links with the pocket abilities of the user. Like in Asia, Africa or South America most of the countries are still developing so Android has a big upper hand compared to iPhone App Development Services in forthcoming markets.

  • Both have great strategies to work out and grow teach of its own operating system. Apple aims at the premium smartphone market and customers with higher revenue while Android is targeting for massive adoption.
  • It’s really a point of confusion for a developer to decide to which platform one should go for. Although Android currently leads market share at over 80% while Apple iOS rests at about 15%, Apple iOS leads the profit share, generating 85% more pay for app developers than Android.
  • In addition, Apple users are more devoted than Android users, meaning Apple users tend to stop over with Apple instead of switching to an another OS. There is a big need of iOS, as according to business’s perspective we need apps that are more prone to give profit. So developers are continuing making attempts to provide iPhone business applications.

If asking for iPhone Application Development and android app development I get to realize some essential points according to developer’s point of view and here I am considering:

1. Realize your market area first

To built an app, you have to first make a better understanding , proper research work to get the idea of their commercial abilities. For example, Android is more likely to opt for people rather than Apple in the developing market.

2. Using in-app purchases or charging for your app directly

The reports and surveys of revenues show that ios apps earn more than android. The users for iOS mostly have higher education levels, higher income, and will likely to spend more on apps as well as can buy app directly if it is a paid app. This obviously doesn’t mean that one who is having high income will always have iPhone or one who is not earning so much will always go for Android and can’t own an iPhone.

This all things are based on a particular’s choice. But I am clearly talking about maximum percentage based on research and studies.

3. Android App Features vs iOS App Features

Now talking about developer’s perspective, it is known that Android is an open source operating system, the “mods” are there like CyanogenMod or say Paranoid Android. Generally, it gives developers intense access into the operating system itself. Apps for Android are written in Java, which is simply a more wordy language than Objective-C or Swift. You’re tied to write more code. More code means laboring deep and more likely bugs.

And if we consider, iPhone App Development,designer prefer being able to specify parameters in XML and the ability to design more effective layouts by just putting text in Android. Running on multiple Android devices works as a pushing function to create layouts in a responsive manner. iOS makes it easy to create UI with a graphical tool but is a hard work when you want to organize elements relative to each other.