Smartphones
are a big craze these days with more and more number of new devices being
introduced every now and then. When it comes to mobile application development for the Smartphones, the app
developers generally choose between the two most popular mobile operating
systems present today – Android from Google and iOS from Apple. But the
question is which happens to be the better platform for developers? Provided is
a comparison between the two mobile operating system platforms.
Programming Language
iPhone
operating system mainly makes use of Objective-C language from Apple which can
be easily adopted by developers familiar with C++ and C. Being such an exclusive
language, it can pose problems for developers without much of an expertise in
different programming languages.
Java is
primarily the language used by an Android app developer which makes it easier and convenient for majority of
developers.
Application Development Platform
When it
comes to developer guidelines, Apple has quite a restrictive policy. Specific
tools are provided to the developers for developing apps and they are not
allowed to use any other tool apart from that. As a result, the creative skills
of the developers are curbed to a great extent.
Since,
Android is an open source development platform, developers have the freedom of
using 3rd party tools so as to assist them with app development.
They get the opportunity to play with various features of an application as
well as add more functionality. This has actually led to the huge success and
popularity of this platform with a wide range of devices being available.
Application Testing
Compared to
the standards of Android, Xcode from Apple has a long way to go so as to match
up to the standards.
Android, on
the other hand offers developers with a superb testing environment. The range
of tools available for testing is clearly indexed and IDE provides an excellent
model of source code. It is mainly because of this fact, developers have the
time as well as scope to thoroughly test their apps as well as debug whenever
necessary.
Multitasking Abilities
The
exclusive, stable platform of Apple available to an iOS app developer clearly specifies the tools taking the
opportunity to define their boundaries and potential. Thus, proceeding with the
task becomes a lot easier for the developer.
The
versatile nature of Android operating system helps developers with the
development of dynamic apps aimed towards multiple purposes. However Android
operating system’s multitasking ability often creates different issues for
amateur developers as plenty of time is required to understand, learn and
master. Along with that, the fragmented platform of Android poses big
challenges to developers.
Application Approval
Application
approval for an iOS app to Apple Application store takes around three to four
weeks of time. Apart from that, several restrictions are also placed on the
developers however this has not stopped numerous developers from approaching
Apple App Store to launch their apps.
In
comparison to iOS app approval, no stiff resistance is presented to Android
developers from Android Market making it much convenient and easier for the developers.
Thus, it can
be concluded that both these platforms have their pros and cons for the
developers. It is entirely the interest and knack of the developers that will lead
them towards choosing the platform they prefer.
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