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Yes, iOS first is still extremely common.

• 27182818284 9y ago
  First, but not exclusively. As a long time complainer about the iOS-first mindset I used to keep a spreadsheet actually of how long the Android versions of apps were delayed. I don't recall many iOS and iOS only apps. There was just generally and Android time-tax that Android users had to wait through.
• ringaroundthetx 9y ago
  I made a good career out of selling late-to-the-party native android ports for companies. Its pretty low key lucrative too: - iOS development is crowded, Android devs are more scarce and there are too many unrelated skillset paths to build a native android app. - The APIs are already developed by the time you get there. - The designs have already happened, for the most part. Its no longer a fact finding mission and instead a pure implementation mission. - You make more money and have to deal with less company-wide fires in the process. - Nobody bothers you. You get to be on autopilot. - And its also pretty pointless. Most company's android apps are just a checkbox, store presence to show they haven't neglected it. Nobody is going to actually download it. It was fun for a while, I got my funds up.
  • tzahola 9y ago
    “Can you make it look like the iOS app?”
  • dzonga 9y ago
    my G!! lol....if Kotlin was available back then, I definitely would've jumped on that ship. Now it seems mobile isn't really viable in terms of money though
    • ringaroundthetx 9y ago
      I saw the writing on a the wall in time There is a ceiling you can make doing mobile dev, and companies don't make a return from pursuing it React Native solves the needs of most companies' apps on both platforms, they'll figure it out all pretty quickly at the same time
  • draw_down 9y ago
    Pretty smart!