This question can be answered both from a technical point of view and from an organizational point of view. We will try to give both answers.
The Android operating system is the most popular mobile operating system today.
For this reason, if you want to expand, promote or start your business and for some reason decide to start your development with only one platform, then it is better to choose this particular operating system for a number of reasons:
- A large number of devices and, accordingly, users, as Android device manufacturers, sell their products in a wide price range, unlike iOS.
- The ability to distribute the application bypassing Google Play depending on the monetization of the application may be a disadvantage.
- Android operating system users are more willing and cumulatively spend more money compared to iO users.
We consider these reasons to be decisive when choosing the first platform for our application.
Choice of technologies for application implementation
There are two ways to develop an application:
- Development of a native android application.
- Cross-platform development of an application running a mobile operating system from Google.
Native app development
In native development, only original programming languages are used, coupled with the android operating system tools.
Advantages and disadvantages in comparison with cross-platform:
- Due to the fact that operating systems are different, there are significant differences, especially in user interfaces, and sometimes you have to develop different user interfaces for each operating system.
- Unconditional performance, since there are no wrappers for interacting with the OS that is fully optimized, bad developers can make it so that this advantage cannot be used.
- Programming languages: Java, C/C++, Kotlin.
Cross-platform development
Cross-platform development uses a toolkit that makes it possible to build applications for multiple operating systems.
Advantages and disadvantages in comparison with native:
- Since the developer abstracts from the OS for which the product is being implemented, write code higher. Depending on how many operating systems he develops, it saves a lot of time.
- Saving money saves time, and a developer for cross-platform development is easier to find, and accordingly, it costs less than a native.
- It is believed that cross-platform code is more complex than native code, and when updating the operating system, it sometimes takes longer to finalize it to new standards.
- Programming languages: Python, C#, JavaScript (CSS, HTML) .
There are two ways to create a high-quality application for any platform that currently exists:
- Himself: It is desirable to have specialized higher education. It is especially necessary to have an excellent mathematical foundation.
- Hiring specialists is the best way to develop a business application. They have the necessary knowledge and skills of designing applications or custom iPhone application development.
With the first point, everything seems clear, and we begin to learn, from simple to complex, setting goals for ourselves.
You can create an application yourself of any complexity, and it will only take time. But, for example, after you make an application, it may happen that your idea will no longer find the right audience since an analog has already been released.
Another android application is quite capricious under different devices, and you will have to acquire a large fleet of devices. Then, when the application is ready, they will all gather dust.
But opting for another option, you can develop a mobile application with the help of app development experts. App development experts carry a higher level of experience and can help you develop an application from scratch. An expert will help with:
- Developing a read map
- Analysis and planning
- UI/ Ux design
- Mockups
- Creating prototypes, etc.
So, it is best to rely on experts to get it done.
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