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...as long as you don't need to write code for it I guess... Xcode and the iOS system frameworks might be weird, but compared to the mess that is Android devel
by flohofwoe 3y ago
...as long as you don't need to write code for it I guess...
Xcode and the iOS system frameworks might be weird, but compared to the mess that is Android development it's like alien technology ;)
- eptcyka 3y agoYet the open source ecosystem is thriving on Android, whereas it's incredibly cumbersome to use open source apps on iOS.
- frizlab 3y agoIMHO it’s more expensive than cumbersome. You “just” have to pay 99$/year then hit build and run. Or is there something I missed?
- eptcyka 3y agoYes, and you have to build everything yourself, or you have to sign up to testflights.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoYou can develop apps without paying the fee, but you'll need to pay if you want to actually publish. That's been a great move IMO, because it's a gateway to stop spammy apps from appearing on the store. If you put in $99 and have to go through a review process, you'll put the extra effort into making a good app.
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- frizlab 3y agoOh yeah I even forgot about the free tier
- xtanx 3y agoWell you also need to have a mac. And mac minis have 8gb of ram that makes them practically useless for serious work. So you need a >1000$ system.
- realusername 3y agoThey are both terrible in their own ways in my opinion, I could also write an entire paragraph on xcode
- okokwhatever 3y agoI just don't agree, android development environment is pretty easy, what year do you live in?
- flohofwoe 3y agoI need to deal with native code and android-ndk. Unfortunately the android-ndk is stuck in the 90's, not much I can do about that. Gradle and Android Studio just amplify those problems instead of helping (the best thing that can be said about AS is that it is the only debugger solution for Android that actually works, but otherwise it feels a lot like Eclipse, just with a modern UI theme bolted on).