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I doubt it's because of realtime constraints, you could probably use the NDK if you need to mostly escape the JVM. ObjectiveC/Swift are also garbage collected,

by sottol 2y ago

I doubt it's because of realtime constraints, you could probably use the NDK if you need to mostly escape the JVM. ObjectiveC/Swift are also garbage collected, so it's not like iOS is strictly realtime by default. I think the main reason those products are available on iOS and iPadOS is because most creatives have _always_ been on Apple's products and iOS users are on average wealthier and more willing to pay for software. Also, I bet the original version of the software has been available on MacOS for a long time, so on top of having paying customer it would also make it easier to port to iOS than Android. There's TermUX on Android, doesn't mean most phones are made for and mostly used for software development/sysadmin tasks. Sure, there are a few people that'll use their Android phone to SSH into something in a pinch, but 99% use their Android phone for social media, emails, web and youtube just like Apple iPhone users.

musicale 2y ago
> you could probably use the NDK if you need to mostly escape the JVM Yes. The audio/synth app situation has improved significantly for Android (iirc Caustic started on Android and was later ported to iOS, and Korg Kaossilator has been ported to Android), but it's still behind iOS/iPadOS, particularly the breadth and quality of iPad music apps. But if Korg ever ports the rest of their (excellent) music apps, Android musicians will be in for a treat. > ObjectiveC/Swift are also garbage collected Both use Automatic Reference Counting: https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/documentation/the-swift-programming-language/automaticreferencecounting/ https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/documentation/the-swift-pr...
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musicale 2y ago
Software and hardware support does matter. Apple made sure that Logic Pro, GarageBand, and MainStage worked well on Apple's OS and hardware platforms, and third party apps benefited. Apple also did a great job with Apple pencil, which works very well for Procreate.

by sottol 2y ago

musicale 2y ago

> you could probably use the NDK if you need to mostly escape the JVM Yes. The audio/synth app situation has improved significantly for Android (iirc Caustic started on Android and was later ported to iOS, and Korg Kaossilator has been ported to Android), but it's still behind iOS/iPadOS, particularly the breadth and quality of iPad music apps. But if Korg ever ports the rest of their (excellent) music apps, Android musicians will be in for a treat. > ObjectiveC/Swift are also garbage collected Both use Automatic Reference Counting: https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/documentation/the-swift-programming-language/automaticreferencecounting/ https://docs.swift.org/swift-book/documentation/the-swift-pr...

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musicale 2y ago

Software and hardware support does matter. Apple made sure that Logic Pro, GarageBand, and MainStage worked well on Apple's OS and hardware platforms, and third party apps benefited. Apple also did a great job with Apple pencil, which works very well for Procreate.