The entry of smartphones into our lives has made us completely addicted to technology. Mobile phones have become a necessity today mainly because of the new and interesting apps and addictive games that we launch every day in the app store. Such mobile app development takes place on various platforms like Android, Windows and iOS and brings several features that keep us glued to our mobile screens all the time.
Various mobile app development companies are gaining importance with the drastic increase in the number of apps and games listed in the app store. There is a growing demand for new app ideas from various businesses. The craze is such that even iOS developers are moving to develop apps on the Android platform. The main problem faced is the proper launch of apps while developing Android apps. Here is some information for iOS app developers who have turned to Android. I hope this is helpful.
Android and iOS app development are very similar
Developers moving from iOS app development to Android app development have the misconception that they would have to go through the process of learning a whole new language together. But that's not true because you already have those developing skills within you. As an iOS developer, you also need to be aware of Objective-C or Swift.
When programming with Android, we use the concept of object-oriented programming and Java as a foundation, which is similar to Objective-C and Swift. The concept of delegates, parent methods, and subclasses are also used in iOS, making Android app development easy for iOS developers. Almost all the concepts and logics used in both the platforms are same, only Java language is used in Android application development. Therefore, a developer must be well-versed in Java keywords because he will be using keywords like override, implements, extends, etc., and not those used in iOS.
Android Studio and X Code - difference in usage
Many times it is quite annoying to use the Xcode IDE, but now there are some major improvements that have been made in recent years. Some Xcode features can also be implemented when developing Android apps through Android Studio.
The standard coding for overriding methods, subclasses, import statements, etc. used in iOS development, Android Studio is largely limited to using Java keywords. Although both Xcode and Android Studio work quite similarly, there are still some differences in the UI code written in both IDEs. Where on one hand Android uses separate xml files, on the other hand Xcode uses storyboards and spikes.
Screen size difference
Dealing with screen size has been a problem for iOS developers. This is because they used to deal with only one screen size, whereas when developing Android apps, developers deal with multiple screen sizes. The later addition of multiple screen sizes in iPhones put iOS developers in a quandary. However, the Android platform has always experimented with the screen size and come up with new additions by improving the tools. Now you can handle not only multiple screen sizes but also multiple screen densities in Android.
Android developers seem to be much more comfortable with Android's XML attributes and file structure layouts than iOS's size classes and Auto Layout. One can easily see the difference between Android and iOS using different XML concepts such as content wrapper and matching parent.
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