"Another reason why Android is losing on the developer front is that development environment setup and usage, even for Java, is worse than Apple's. It's usage o

"Another reason why Android is losing on the developer front is that development environment setup and usage, even for Java, is worse than Apple's. It's usage of Eclipse is like duct tape and glue." I think this is mere perception vs reality. Android development environment is far superior to XCode. Using IntelliJ for Android Development is a true pleasure working with Android. I have no problems debugging over USB on my Mac ever. The game industry is incredibly rigid to any change. Once they've found their horse they will not walk away from it, and show little interest in changing how they approach development ever. This isn't the first time we've seen some long article with game studios wringing their hands over any change.