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Sure, but that works in reverse. People could easily port their code TO iOS.

• aianus 11y ago
  Unfortunately everyone writes iOS first nowadays because rich people overwhelmingly own iOS devices.
  • yoz-y 11y ago
    You could probably replace "rich" by "people willing to pay money for apps". Although even on iOS this is less and less true.
  • andreamazz 11y ago
    That, and because development is way easier.
    • aianus 11y ago
      I'm curious why you say that. You have to learn a whole new Apple-only programming language to do iOS (Swift or Objective-C) in addition to the iOS framework/libraries. Not to mention buying a Mac and paying Apple $100 for a developer account. Android, on the other hand, was pretty straightforward to get started with for me as someone with Java experience.
      • andreamazz 11y ago
        Getting started is one thing, completing a product is another. It's not an uncommon metric to apply a 1.5x or 2x multiplier to the development time of an iOS app to obtain the time to develop the Android one. I would also argue that from the same starting point (no java experience and no Swift experience) the learning curve is way smoother on iOS, with more fine tuned APIs and better tools (interface builder can be picked up easily by a designer with no coding background).
• s73v3r 11y ago
  Perhaps, but most studies show that they start on iOS to begin with.