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The developing experience I don't agree with. I find Android Studio (being essentially IntelliJ) so much better than xcode. I only use the built in emulator for

The developing experience I don't agree with. I find Android Studio (being essentially IntelliJ) so much better than xcode. I only use the built in emulator for smaller projects but what do you dislike about it? The things I miss in xcode are mainly command clicking everywhere to easily find call sites and follow application logic. xcode also feels less snappy. When I used it last you could not refactor swift code but I think that's been added now?

neurostimulant 7y ago
Compared to iOS Simulator, the android emulator is very slow and clunky. But on the other hand, unlike iOS Simulator, android emulator fully emulates a real phone with real hardware (camera, mic, etc), while iOS Simulator only simulates basic functionality and doesn't simulate many hardware api like camera access.
- sjwright 7y ago
  The idea was that simulator was for fast-as-possible turnaround for most stuff, but you’d just use a real device wherever specific hardware behaviours are being developed. I get the appeal of a more “complete” emulator, but such things are never perfect anyway—best to not even pretend that they are.
- dep_b 7y ago
  It could of course try to find an OS camera just like it allows you to "attach a hardware keyboard". Not sure why they didn't do it.
megablast 7y ago
And I disagree, I hate Studio, love Xcode.
dep_b 7y ago
> command clicking everywhere to easily find call sites and follow application logic Not as intuitive but it's there: ⌘+Ctrl+Shift+H > xcode also feels less snappy Not sure what you're doing in Xcode but as long as you evade using automatically updating live UI views it should be pretty snappy. > When I used it last you could not refactor swift code but I think that's been added now? Well there's a small handful of things now but Objective-C never had a ton either.

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The developing experience I don't agree with. I find Android Studio (being essentially IntelliJ) so much better than xcode. I only use the built in emulator for

by librish 7y ago

neurostimulant 7y ago
Compared to iOS Simulator, the android emulator is very slow and clunky. But on the other hand, unlike iOS Simulator, android emulator fully emulates a real phone with real hardware (camera, mic, etc), while iOS Simulator only simulates basic functionality and doesn't simulate many hardware api like camera access.
- sjwright 7y ago
  The idea was that simulator was for fast-as-possible turnaround for most stuff, but you’d just use a real device wherever specific hardware behaviours are being developed. I get the appeal of a more “complete” emulator, but such things are never perfect anyway—best to not even pretend that they are.
- dep_b 7y ago
  It could of course try to find an OS camera just like it allows you to "attach a hardware keyboard". Not sure why they didn't do it.
megablast 7y ago
And I disagree, I hate Studio, love Xcode.
dep_b 7y ago
> command clicking everywhere to easily find call sites and follow application logic Not as intuitive but it's there: ⌘+Ctrl+Shift+H > xcode also feels less snappy Not sure what you're doing in Xcode but as long as you evade using automatically updating live UI views it should be pretty snappy. > When I used it last you could not refactor swift code but I think that's been added now? Well there's a small handful of things now but Objective-C never had a ton either.