Learning Mobile Development
iOS and Android Developments are Converging Over the Years
Learning Development on Both iOS and Android is Getting Easier
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7 min readApr 2, 2022
As I learned about PHPickerViewController as the new photo picker for iOS 14, which has better privacy considering, I wonder what’s the photo picker on Android looks like.
To my surprise, Android also introduce a new Photo Picker in Android 13 (Tiramisu which is to be released at the time of writing). It provides a safer way to access the only needing file. Just like iOS, better privacy protection.
Looks like both iOS and Android development are following each other.
As a matter of fact, if we trace back how iOS and Android development has evolved over the years, they are getting more and more similar
Below is some evidence.
The New Languages
In the beginning, iOS development uses Objective C and Android uses Java, They are distinctly different…
